Bithumb（빗썸）— Korea KRW spot CEX overview

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This entry sits under exchanges index. Read it against Korea's 5 major CEX regimes compared — Upbit / Bithumb / Coinone / Korbit / GOPAX for the Korea peer / regulatory context, Upbit for the closest peer comparison, and global CEX top 10 comparison for the broader system / market boundary.

Established 2014-01 · Korean KRW spot CEX · NH 농협은행 real-name account · ISMS-P certified

1. Entity and shareholders

• Trade name: 주식회사 빗썸코리아 (Bithumb Korea Co., Ltd.)
• Established: 2014-01
• Head office location: 서울특별시 강남구
• Parent structure: a 2 -tier structure of Bithumb Holdings (holding company) → Bithumb Korea (operating company)
• Shareholder composition: indirectly held by multiple Korean financial / IT investors (a history of multiple changes of control in the past; see IR disclosure for details)
  • 2018–2019 年 period: control structure via BTC Korea Holdings
  • After 2020 年: reporting of involvement by the Vidente group (Vidente Co., Ltd.)
  • Verify current control in the latest corporate and shareholder disclosures; do not infer the purpose of a restructuring from reporting alone

2. Registration / license status (Korean regime)

• 가상자산사업자 (VASP) registration: registered with the 금융정보분석원 (FIU) (the same-day class as the first day of Korea’s VASP registration regime in 2021-09-24)
• ISMS / ISMS-P certification: holds KISA certification (including the enhanced ISMS-P)
• 실명확인 입출금 계정 (real-name account): contract with NH 농협은행 (ongoing since 2018 年)
• One of the 1 社 of 5 社 able to offer a KRW spot market by meeting Korea’s 2 VASP-registration requirements (ISMS + real-name account)
• For the detailed regime, see Korea's 5 major CEX regimes compared — Upbit / Bithumb / Coinone / Korbit / GOPAX

3. Currencies handled

• KRW spot market + USDT market (limited)
• The number of listed assets and market composition change; verify them in the current official market list
• Asset-level trading-volume composition is time-dependent and is not frozen in this static entry
• Listing review: conforms to the common listing standards of DAXA (한국 가상자산 거래소 자율규제 협회, Digital Asset eXchange Alliance)

4. Scope of business

• Spot trading (centered on KRW pairs)
• Some USDT pairs (limited)
• Derivatives / margin trading: not offered under Korean VASP regulation (Korean VASPs are restricted to spot only)
• staking / lending: limited service (with regulatory constraints)
• Fiat-deposit channel: only via the NH 농협은행 real-name account

5. Market share / trading volume

Market share, 24-hour volume, and rankings vary by timestamp and methodology, so this static entry does not freeze them. Comparisons should use the same provider, measurement time, and market definition; verify geographic eligibility and KYC in the current official terms.

6. History / major events

Source: The entire table is based on Bithumb’s official company profile and KoFIU’s virtual-asset service provider filing status, checked on 2026-07-29.

7. Strategic trends

• DAXA participation: makes listing standards common within DAXA together with Upbit / Coinone / Korbit / GOPAX, distributing the cost of regulatory compliance
• NH 농협은행 relationship: verify the current real-name-account contract and eligibility conditions in official notices from Bithumb and the bank
• 2024-2026 regulatory environment: building a framework for compliance with Korea’s 가상자산이용자보호법 (in force 2024-07 ), contributing to the user-protection fund, and responding to enhanced monitoring of unfair trading
• Listed assets: verify current listings, including Korean-project tokens, in the official market list and notices

Related

• cex-upbit-korea — Korean peer comparison (the most important cross-link)
• korea-cex-five-pillars-comparison — comparison of Korea’s 5 major CEX regimes
• global-cex-top10-comparison — global CEX top 10
• INDEX — exchanges domain index
• global-vasp-regulatory-comparison-matrix — global VASP regulatory comparison
• japan-financial-regulation — comparison with the Japanese regime
• fsa-vasp-registration-system — comparison with the Japanese VASP registration regime

Sources

• Public-information compilation (Bithumb Korea official IR / 회사 소개 페이지)
• Public-information compilation (FSC / FIU 가상자산사업자 등록 public list)
• Public-information compilation (KISA ISMS-P 認證 발표)
• Public-information compilation (NH 농협은행 실명확인 입출금 계정 보도)
• Public-information compilation (DAXA 자율규제 협의체 발표)
• Public-information compilation (가상자산이용자보호법 2024-07 시행 관련 보도)