Seoul Composite Index Extends Decline to 1%

A 1% move without an identified catalyst says less about any single driver than about the absence of buyers willing to step in — that is what makes a decline extend rather than reverse. For crypto and RWA desks, the read-through is sentiment, not fundamentals: Korean retail flow has been a meaningful marginal buyer in digital assets, so persistent weakness in Seoul's main board is worth tracking as a proxy for domestic risk appetite. Whether the selling broadens beyond Korean equities, or stays a local episode, is the open question.