Crypto-crazy investors make South Korea the best-performing market in Asia
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.South Korea’s stock market has been supercharged by an investor frenzy over won-based digital money this month, following newly elected President Lee Jae-myung's pledge to allow crypto assets backed by the national currency.Stocks that have been involved in the Bank of Korea’s digital currency project, including Kakao Pay and LG CNS, have been on a wild ride. Kakao Pay..