Odaily Planet Daily News: In the past 24 hours, the trading volume of South Korea's local spot cryptocurrency exchanges exceeded US$34 billion, setting a record high. During this period, the South Korean president announced an emergency curfew, which lasted for six hours. According to CoinMarketCap data, as of 10:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday, the 24-hour cryptocurrency trading volume of South Korean exchanges Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and Gopax totaled US$34.2 billion, of which Upbit's trading volume was as high as US$27.25 billion. This is almost double the US$18 billion on December 2, and the trading volume of US$18 billion has exceeded the daily trading volume of the local stock market. (The Block)