South Korean Pop Star Says He Lost ‘$77,000’ on Crypto Investment
Seo Chul-goo (aka Xitsuh), a South Korean pop star, rapper, and TV personality, says he “lost” up to $77,000 on bad crypto investments.
The star and his fiancee Lee Young-joo appeared on the E Channel TV talk show “Love of a Lifetime” (literal translation), where he discussed his precarious financial situation.
TVDaily quoted Lee as saying,
“Seo Chul-goo tends to suffer from sleeplessness because of his work. But [recently] he hasn’t been able to sleep [due to his investments in] cryptocurrency. I really wish he wouldn’t [invest] in it.”
The duo are currently planning their wedding after dating for 10 years.
And the music star said:
“I wanted to raise [over $240,000] in two years so I could buy a house for us. But things are not going according to plan. If my investment had been successful, it would have been a great help to our wedding fund. But so far it looks like I have lost between $61,230 and $77,000.”
Seo (real name Seo Myeong-won) debuted in 2018 and has appeared on scores of rap and pop-themed reality TV shows.
Seo Chul-goo speaks on the TV talk show “Love of a Lifetime.” The caption reads: “Losses of between $61,230 and $77,000.” (Source: E Channel/NaverTV)
The show is hosted by Kim Gu-ra, one of South Korea’s top entertainers, as well as the TV presenter Kim Min-jung.
The show focuses on the financial situations of celebrity couples, with economic experts invited to advise the couples on how best to accumulate wealth and safeguard their investments.
During the broadcast, Seo was shown nervously looking at crypto charts on PC monitors.
Seo is not the only South Korean music star to have gone public with his crypto regrets.
In 2018, Park Kyung, a member of the K-pop act Block B, said that he had made a “foolish” Bitcoin
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