South Korea's AI Mania Spills Into Crypto, With Worldcoin as Top Pick
Worldcoin (WLD)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
beincrypto.com reports that South Korean retail traders have extended their interest in artificial intelligence into the crypto market, with Chainalysis data showing AI tokens became the top theme in won trading by June. Worldcoin (WLD) led this trend, drawing $7.41 billion in trading volume over the year. This demand helped South Korea's crypto economy grow 12.3% to $449.1 billion, even as East Asia's market contracted.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for WLD, measured when this story was written up on 6 October 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Worldcoin is currently trading at $0.5752 with a 24-hour spot volume of $39,765,795. In the last hour, the buy ratio stands at 55.9% with a positive volume delta of +$127,367, indicating immediate buying pressure. This contrasts with the 4-hour period, where the buy ratio is 49.0% and the volume delta is -$71,841, suggesting a recent shift toward selling. Over the full 24 hours, the buy ratio is 49.8% with a negative volume delta of -$139,448, despite a cumulative CVD of +$1,378,663. The buy ratio represents the proportion of trades executed on the buy side, while the volume delta measures the net difference between buy and sell volume.
The latest daily buy ratio of 48.1% sits at the 31st percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.3% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for WLD, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 48.7%, making today's 24-hour ratio of 49.8% slightly higher by 1.2 points. However, the 24-hour spot volume of $39,765,795 is only 0.57x the weekly average, indicating significantly lower activity than usual. The coin experienced a price increase of 17.0% over the eight-day period, driven by net buying in 16 of the last 24 hours. Yet, the total volume delta for the week was -$13,208,322, showing that selling pressure has outweighed buying over the longer timeframe. This volume level marks an unusual day of subdued trading compared to the typical weekly activity.