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Korbit Inc.

ExchangeSouth Korea Founded 2013korbit.co.kr
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Last reviewed
27 Aug 2026
2026-08-27

Compliance snapshot

  • KoFIU VASP registration with real-name accounts (Shinhan Bank)
  • Majority shareholder is a listed Korean gaming group
  • Smallest of the four licensed Korean real-name venues by volume
Overall concern
Medium concern

Oldest Korean venue with KoFIU registration and a large corporate shareholder, offset by small market share and dependence on a single fiat currency.

Licenses & registrations

  • South KoreaRegistered
    VASP registration (real-name accounts)
    Korea Financial Intelligence UnitKoFIU
    KOFIU-2021-00232021-09-24
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Recent press

  • 2026-07-23
    Mirae Asset completes Korbit acquisitionPositive

    The Korea Times — Mirae Asset became the first Korean financial group to control a domestic crypto exchange (about 97% for roughly KRW 141bn) and plans to relaunch the platform as Digital X.

  • 2026-07-01
    Korbit adds staking for domestic clientsPositive

    Reuters — A regulated staking product launched under local guidance.

  • 2026-04-06
    Korean market share stays concentratedNegative

    Bloomberg — Smaller venues continued to trail the market leader.

  • 2026-01-12
    Korbit expands research outputNeutral

    CoinDesk — A market research desk was formalised.

  • 2025-09-29
    Real-name banking rules reviewedNeutral

    Financial Times — Supervisors examined settlement arrangements across venues.

  • 2025-05-13
    Parent group reaffirms supportPositive

    Reuters — The majority shareholder confirmed continued funding.

Incidents & enforcement

  1. 2025-12-31FineKRW 2.73bn (~USD 1.9M)

    Korea's FIU fined Korbit KRW 2.73bn (about USD 1.9M) with an institutional warning for AML violations (~22,000 trades without required customer identification; dealings with 19 unregistered foreign platforms); no business suspension was imposed.

  2. 2023-06-27Outage

    Trading suspended for about two hours after a database failover.

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Profile last reviewed 27 Aug 2026 (2026-08-27)