Bithumb Meta Rebrands as Bithumb Partners for Investments

• Bithumb redesigned its subsidiary to concentrate on investing.
• The company is planning an initial public offering in 2025.

Bithumb, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, has officially changed the name of its subsidiary Bithumb Meta to Bithumb Partners. The firm is shifting its primary focus from NFT and metaverse-related projects to investments in stocks and bonds. This move marks a significant part of Bithumb’s broader restructuring efforts. The plan aims to take the company public through an IPO in 2025.

In its rebranding, Bithumb has injected 1 billion KRW, or approximately 680,099 USD, into Bithumb Partners. This would raise the new company’s total capital to approximately 2 million dollars. The rebrand comes after former investors, such as LG CNS, CJ OliveNetworks, and SK Square, pulled out of Bithumb Meta after its subsidiary failed to live up to expectations from NFT and metaverse ventures.

Bithumb Partners and its Strategic Aims

With this shift, Bithumb Partners will be led by Im Tae-seong, an external hire. It would be mainly through short-term investment in equities and bonds in the form of internal funds. It is in contrast to Bithumb Investment, which accounts for external investment. Bithumb’s earlier investments in KOSDAQ-listed companies like Iwin, Barunson, and T&R Biofab have led to this outcome.

Spokespersons for Bithumb insisted that the reorganization was geared toward streamlining the operations and giving a more precise direction to the asset management process. This process paves the way for Bithumb’s IPO in the near future and future investment opportunities. Arranging its financials under Bithumb Partners for the public offering to be held in 2025 is considered an essential move by the company.

As Bithumb prepares to go public, it is going to draw so much attention to the rebranding and restructuring as setting the company up well for future growth in addition to regulatory scrutiny. The market will thus very much read on to see whether this new entity in the form of Bithumb Partners is the basis on which financial performance will get stronger with growing competition within the global crypto market.