This is  interesting!!

https://www.upbit.com/home#  

https://news.bitcoin.com/koreas-largest-messenger-app-launching-exchange-with-110-cryptocurrencies/

The operator of Kakao Stock, a popular Korean securities trading app based on the country’s number one smartphone messenger app Kakao Talk, is launching a cryptocurrency exchange called Upbit. Over 110 cryptocurrencies will be supported initially including bitcoin, ether, and litecoin. The company says that it will be the largest digital currency exchange in South Korea.

(volume methinks)


Kakao Talk Mobile Messenger Has Over 100 Million Users - http://www.kakao.com/talk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakao

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KakaoBank  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BankWalletKakao  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KakaoTalk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KakaoGroup

I looks like it uses  Kakaos/ UpBit.com  frontends and runs/trades Bittrex in the background....

Interesting indeed.  Think snapchat telegram WhatsApp and mobile bank (and lender) all rolled into one...Kakao have their fingers in many pies see here http://www.kakao.com/main and now with a  upcoming cryptocurrency exchange... these guys are going to be able to buy cryptos easy as 1..2...3 everyone is already plugged into the system all KYC'd up.... and if they integrate across their platforms.... wowwza


South Korea - don't discount their buying power or appetite for cryptocurrency

All it takes is for a few countries to be liberal in their approach to cryptocurrency which we are seeing more than one instance of right now...