Crypto Guides

The kimchi premium and Korea's market structure, derivatives data, chart analysis and trading fundamentals — written for a global audience, backed by Coinyong's live market data.

Korea & basics

What Is the Kimchi Premium? Why Crypto Prices Run Higher in KoreaWhy Korean crypto prices diverge from global markets — and what the gap signals. Upbit vs Binance: Why Korea's Crypto Market Trades DifferentlyInside South Korea's KRW markets, the listing effect, and what global traders watch. How to Start Trading Crypto: A Practical Beginner's GuideExchanges, first trades, storage, and the traps that catch new traders. Crypto Wallets Explained: Hot, Cold and Custodial StorageHot vs cold vs custodial, seed phrase security, and a practical checklist. What Is Crypto Staking? Rewards, Lockups and RisksHow staking rewards work, and the lockup and slashing risks behind the yield. What Is DeFi? Decentralized Finance ExplainedSmart contracts, liquidity pools, yield farming — and the risks that come with them. Crypto Trading Glossary: Terms Every Trader Should KnowFrom longs and funding rates to whales and the kimchi premium.

Trading & derivatives

Kimchi Premium Arbitrage: How the Trade Works — and Why the Gap PersistsThe loop, the costs, who can access both sides — and why the gap persists. Long/Short Ratio Explained: How to Read Trader PositioningWhat positioning data tells you — and why extremes often resolve the other way. Crypto Liquidation Data: How to Read Liquidations and HeatmapsLong vs short liquidations, cascades, and how to read heatmap magnet zones. Crypto Futures Trading: Longs, Shorts, Leverage and LiquidationPerpetuals, leverage, isolated vs cross margin — and the pre-trade checklist. Funding Rates Explained: What Perpetual Futures Funding Tells YouHow funding anchors perps to spot, and what extreme rates signal. Stop-Losses and Take-Profits: Exit Rules That Keep You TradingWhere to place stops, why traders move them, and pairing them with take-profits. Crypto Risk Management: Position Sizing, Drawdowns and SurvivalThe 1% rule, sizing, drawdowns — the framework that outlasts any entry signal. What Is Margin Trading in Crypto? Leverage, Liquidation and CostsIsolated vs cross, liquidation prices, and the borrowing costs behind leverage. Crypto Order Types: Market, Limit, Stop, OCO and Trailing StopsStops, OCO, trailing stops, post-only — and when each one earns its place. Crypto Scalping: How It Works and Why Costs Decide EverythingSmall edges, many trades — why fees and slippage decide the outcome.

Market analysis

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index: What It Measures and How to Use ItHow the index is built, what the zones mean, and its limits as a signal. Bitcoin Dominance: What BTC.D Tells You About Market RotationRising vs falling dominance, altseason, and the caveats behind the ratio. How to Read Crypto Charts: Candlesticks, Timeframes and TrendCandles, timeframes, trend and volume — the foundation of chart reading. RSI and MACD for Crypto: Reading Momentum Without Getting Faked OutOverbought isn't a sell signal — how to use both indicators without the traps. Support and Resistance in Crypto: Levels, Breakouts and FakeoutsFinding levels that matter, role reversal, and filtering fake breakouts. Volume Analysis in Crypto: Reading Conviction Behind the MoveVolume-price combinations, breakout confirmation, and the wash-trading caveat. On-Chain Analysis: Reading the Blockchain Instead of the ChartExchange flows, whale wallets, MVRV — what the chain shows that charts can't. Crypto Trading Psychology: FOMO, Loss Aversion and Staying ConsistentThe biases that break traders, and the habits that keep decisions consistent.