Bank of Korea calls for stock-style circuit breakers on BTC exchanges

Bank of Korea calls for stock-style circuit breakers on BTC exchanges

Search/NewsVideoPricesResearchConsensus 2026Data & IndicesPatrocinadosSearch/enMarketsShareShare this articleCopy linkX iconX (Twitter)LinkedInFacebookEmailBank of Korea calls for stock-style circuit breakers on BTC exchangesCrypto's 24/7 global trading across hundreds of venues makes it difficult for any single country to halt the market.By Sam Reynolds|Edited by Jamie Crawley Apr 13, 2026, 10:31 a.m. Make preferred on What to know: The Bank of Korea has proposed introducing stock-market-style circuit breakers on domestic cryptocurrency exchanges, folding the rules into the pending Digital Asset Basic Act.The recommendation follows a February incident at Bithumb in which a promotion error briefly created about 60 trillion won in phantom bitcoin and triggered a 17 percent price plunge on the exchange.Regulators and market participants are debating whether circuit breakers, long used in t

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