Samsung Just Bet $408 Million On South Korea’s Top Crypto Exchange — And It’s Not Alone

Three Samsung affiliates — Samsung Securities, Samsung SDS, and Samsung Card — announced on May 28 the combined acquisition of a 4% stake in Dunamu, the operator of South Korea’s dominant crypto exchange Upbit, for approximately 612.8 billion won or $408 million — the latest in a growing wave of South Korean financial institutions racing to secure strategic positions inside the country’s most valuable digital asset company. Related Reading: Worldcoin’s FOMO Rally Cracks After On-Chain Activity E