South Korea’s Upbit lists HOME as Bithumb adds 2 tokens

South Korea’s two largest crypto exchanges announced four new trading markets on Aug. 4, expanding local access to the HOME, META2 and USDG tokens. Summary Upbit will open HOME trading against KRW and USDT at 17:00 KST on August 4. Bithumb scheduled META2 and USDG won markets to open at 16:00 KST on August 4. Bithumb changed USDG support from Ethereum to Solana before opening the new Korean won market. HOME traded about 32% higher over 24 hours before Upbit’s scheduled Korean market launch Tuesday. USDG remained near its dollar peg as Bithumb prepared direct Korean won trading access Tuesday. Upbit will add Defi App’s HOME token to its Korean won and Tether markets at 17:00 Korea Standard Time. Bithumb plans to open Korean won markets for MetaDAO’s META2 and Global Dollar, or USDG, at 16:00 KST. The exchanges said the opening times could change if they do not secure enough liquidity. The announcements place a cross chain DeFi token, a market based governance token and a dollar stablecoin in front of South Korea’s active retail market. However, the listings do not change the projects’ underlying technology, token supply or regulatory status. Upbit gives HOME direct won and USDT acce...