Upbit, the dominant cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, is adding eight new trading pairs across four tokens: Biconomy (BICO), Bubblemaps (BMT), Nillion (NIL), and ETHGas (GWEI). Trading goes live at 13:00 KST on August 21, giving Korean retail traders direct access to these assets against both Bitcoin and Tether.
The move is classic Upbit playbook. Take tokens that already trade on the platform’s KRW market, then bolt on BTC and USDT pairs to deepen liquidity and widen the on-ramp for international traders who don’t deal in Korean won.
What’s getting listed
The full roster of new pairs: BICO/BTC, BICO/USDT, BMT/BTC, BMT/USDT, NIL/BTC, NIL/USDT, GWEI/BTC, and GWEI/USDT. That’s two pairs per token, each anchored to crypto’s two most liquid base currencies.
Deposits for the newly listed tokens are already open, though each runs on a different chain depending on the project. BICO, NIL, and GWEI all use Ethereum as their deposit network. BMT takes the Solana route.
