Bitcoin Cash (BCH), the new digital currency that split from the main Bitcoin network on August 1, made its debut today on South Korea’s largest exchange, Bithumb. In early trading, South Korean speculators and investors pushed BCH to a daily high of 959,000 KRW, or approximately $850.00 at current exchange rates.
At press time, BCH is trading on Bithumb at an effective USD price of $571, which is more than double the exchange rates currently quoted on Bitfinex, Bittrex, ViaBTC and HitBTC.
While BCH training has been active for several hour now on Bithumb, the higher prices could be due to the fact that deposits and withdrawals are still disabled.
Bithumb said in a statement today that Bitcoin Cash transfers will be allowed at some point, but no details were given, “The opening date of Bitcoin Cash(BCH) deposit/withdrawal service will be given through further notification.,” said Bithumb.
Moreover, Bithumb's BCH/KRW pair has seen $96 million in turnover so far today! For comparison, the combined 24h BCH volume of Bittrex, Bitfinex, HitBTC and Kraken, comes out to $82 million.
