@BullTheoryio reports the Korea Exchange halted program buying for five minutes after the KOSPI surged 4.7 percent, injecting over $160 billion into South Korean equities with Samsung and SK Hynix rising sharply.

According to @CoinMarketCap, the chairman of Korea Exchange, South Korea’s sole securities exchange operator, said the exchange is prepared to support crypto ETFs once regulators permit them, indicating exchange-level operational readiness while awaiting formal approval (source: CoinMarketCap tweet, Jan 2, 2026). For traders, this means listing remains contingent on a regulatory green light and no launch timeline was provided in the disclosure (source: CoinMarketCap tweet, Jan 2, 2026).