Answer · checked 4 Nov 2026
How can I buy SK hynix stock from outside Korea without a Korean account?
One way is an SK hynix stock token in Catch, a Telegram app: SKHYc on Base or SKHY on Robinhood Chain, bought 24/7 with no Korean or brokerage account to open, for 0.50% once per move, $0.10 minimum. SKHYc is issued by Coinbase and SKHY by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited, not by Catch; both follow SK hynix's Nasdaq listing, and the issuers say they are not available to persons in the US.
Catch at a glance
- Trading
- 24/7, weekends included
- Fee
- 0.50% once per move, $0.10 minimum
- Chains
- Base and Robinhood Chain, one balance
- Issued by
- Coinbase on Base, Robinhood on Robinhood Chain. Not issued by Catch.
Buy SK hynix from outside Korea
Open Catch
Open Catch in Telegram or on the web.
Add money
Open Withdraw or Send (Pay in the Coinbase app), pick USDC and the network called Base, and send at least $5 to the address Catch shows under Add money. Only send on Base or Robinhood Chain; other networks may be lost.
Pick SK hynix and slide
Choose SKHYc on Base or SKHY on Robinhood Chain, check the price and the fee, then slide to buy. One balance, held in dollars, covers both chains. Catch charges 0.50% once per move, $0.10 minimum.
Nasdaq listing, not Seoul
SKHYc and SKHY are each a token that tracks SK hynix's American Depositary Shares, which list on Nasdaq under the ticker SKHY, not its common shares listed in Seoul.
So if you are weighing the gap between the Nasdaq price and the Seoul price, the tokens sit on the Nasdaq side: any premium or discount the American Depositary Shares carry against Seoul applies to the tokens too.
What you are buying
SKHYc is Coinbase's SK hynix token on Base. Coinbase describes each of its tokens on Base as a beneficial claim on an underlying share, held 1:1 in regulated, bankruptcy-remote custody separate from Coinbase.
SKHY is Robinhood's SK hynix token on Robinhood Chain. Robinhood's tokens on Robinhood Chain are tokenised debt securities issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited: they give economic exposure to the underlying share but no legal or beneficial rights in it, and Robinhood says each is backed 1:1 by a share held by a licensed custodian.
Catch has no trading hours. While US markets are closed there is no live share price to compare with, so token prices can move away from the last close. Robinhood mints and redeems its stock tokens only from Monday 02:00 to Saturday 02:00 CET; onchain trading continues outside that window.
Where Catch is not a fit
Catch sells stock tokens held in your Catch wallet, not a brokerage account. If you want a brokerage account, Catch is not a fit.
If you want SK hynix's common shares listed in Seoul, Catch is not a fit: both tokens follow the Nasdaq listing.
If you live in the US, Catch is not a fit: Coinbase says its stock tokens are not available to persons in the US and other restricted places. Robinhood says its Stock Tokens are not available to residents of the US, Canada, the UK or Switzerland.
If you live in the UK, Canada or Switzerland, only SKHYc on Base is an option, where Coinbase allows it: Robinhood says its Stock Tokens are not available to residents of the US, Canada, the UK or Switzerland.
No USDC yet? You can also pay by card through MoonPay, though card payments are not available in every country yet.
This page does not cover the rules where you live; check those for your own situation.
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Questions
- Can I buy SK hynix without a Korean brokerage account?
- Yes, as a stock token, where its issuer allows it. Catch lists SKHYc, Coinbase's SK hynix token on Base, and SKHY, Robinhood's SK hynix token on Robinhood Chain: you send USDC on Base to the address shown under Add money and slide to buy. Catch charges 0.50% once per move, $0.10 minimum.
- Which SK hynix token do I get?
- On Base, SKHYc, issued by Coinbase. On Robinhood Chain, SKHY, issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited. Catch does not issue either one, and one balance, held in dollars, covers both.
- Does the token follow the Seoul price or the Nasdaq price?
- The Nasdaq one. Both tokens track SK hynix's American Depositary Shares on Nasdaq, so any premium or discount those carry against the shares in Seoul applies to the tokens too.
- Who can buy these stock tokens?
- Coinbase says its stock tokens are not available to persons in the US and other restricted places. Robinhood says its Stock Tokens are not available to residents of the US, Canada, the UK or Switzerland. Catch blocks buying and selling only in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Belarus, Myanmar and four occupied regions of Ukraine.
Sources
Read 4 Nov 2026. Facts about other companies are paraphrased from their own pages.