🔥 South Korea KOSPI drops 2%: Crypto market is being dragged into by traditional capital

The South Korean KOSPI index’s decline widened to 2% today, with SK hynix falling nearly 7%. Over the past two weeks, SK hynix’s on-chain leveraged trading volume has repeatedly surpassed ETH. The crypto market is becoming a secondary battlefield for Korean stocks. When traditional capital uses crypto leverage to go long or short the same stock, stock market volatility is directly transmitted to on-chain clearing and funding rates.
Global fund selling of South Korean bonds has risen to a nearly three-month high. With foreign capital outflows alongside falling Korean equities, a chain reaction may be triggered. A large on-chain whale has previously built sizable leveraged positions on SK hynix ADR. If the underlying shares continue to slide, the liquidation pressure from these positions could spill over into the BTC and ETH markets—leveraged collateral often consists of major crypto assets.
The ETH/BTC rate rebounded to 0.02855 today, but a whale then immediately sold 25 million USD worth of ETH to short that rate. In a climate where the Korean stock market is under pressure, some capital may be moving from ETH to BTC for safe-haven purposes, or hedging the risk exposure of on-chain stock leverage.
The risk is that crypto market liquidity is not sufficient on its own. In June, stablecoins shrank by $7.7 billion, and the trend of funds leaving has not changed. If Korean equities’ selloff accelerates, a cascading liquidation of on-chain leveraged positions could become the last straw that breaks the already fragile rebound.
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