Seoul: A consortium led by a prominent Seoul plastic surgeon purchased a controlling stake in South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, reports said Friday.
The hyper-wired South has emerged as one of the world's top Bitcoin markets, at one point accounting for more than 20 percent of global bitcoin transactions -- about 10 times the country's share of the global economy.
Singapore-based BK Global Consortium bought a 50-percent stake plus one share in Bithumb, the countr .. 