What happens
On October 9, 2026 at 09:30 UTC (18:30 KST), Upbit, South Korea's largest crypto exchange by volume, opened KAIA trading against the Korean won, Bitcoin and USDT.
Kaia is the EVM compatible Layer 1 born from the merger of Klaytn and Finschia. The listing gives it direct access to the deepest won order book in Korea, its home market, and KAIA rose as much as 84% intraday.
The numbers
- Price: $0.0584 at 05:01 UTC on October 10, up about 56% in 24 hours
- 30 day move: about +96%
- 24 hour range: $0.0373 to $0.0672
- Volume: 359.6M KAIA traded on Binance in under two hours after the open, against a 20 day average of 43M
- All time high: $0.4067, so KAIA still sits about 86% below its peak
What I'm watching
Listing rallies are often front loaded. KAIA already gave back about 13% from its $0.0672 high, and momentum readings are stretched.
The real signal will be whether won volume holds after the first week, and whether price can stay above the breakout zone once arbitrage flows cool.
NFA.
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