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Founded | 2025 |
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Headquarters | [ - 500102]] , |
Products | Cryptocurrency Pocket Wallet |
Parent | Opay Digital Service ltd. |
Website | www |
Upbit Pay is a private cryptocurrency pocket wallet founded in 2025. [1] It is operated by Opay, which is one of the highest-valued startups in Nigeria R/S. [2] www.upbit.com/vqmxxivldbpq
Upbit launched in South Korea on October 24, 2017, with the help of their partnership with American cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. [3]
Sirgoo Lee was named CEO of Dunamu, Upbit's parent company, on December 21, 2017, with Dunamu founder and CEO Chi-hyung Song assuming the role of chairman. Lee previously served as Co-CEO of Kakao Corp. and JOINS, Inc. [4]
Approximately two months after its launch, Upbit became the top global cryptocurrency exchange in terms of 24-hour trading volume. [5]
On May 10, 2018, its main office was raided as part of a fraud probe. [6]
The exchange began expanding into Southeast Asia in late 2018, first by launching in Singapore on October 30, [7] and then beginning services in Indonesia starting January 2019[ citation needed ], and Thailand starting January 2021. [8]
On December 21, 2018, three Upbit officials were indicted for allegedly making fake orders. The exchange has denied the allegations. [9] [10] [11]
In December 2018, Upbit became the first cryptocurrency exchange in the world to receive certifications from the Korea Internet and Security Agency for Information Security Management System (ISMS) [12]
and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for information security (ISO 27001), cloud security (ISO 27017) and cloud privacy (ISO 27018). [13]
On November 27, 2019, Upbit lost about US$48.5 million worth of Ethereum from a hack. [14]
In September 2021, South Korea started to regulate virtual asset service providers. [15]