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May 28, 2026 at 12:00 •
Analysis
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 Explodes The shares will be purchased from a group of Kakao-affiliated funds including Kakao Investment and Kakao Ventures, at a per-share price of approximately 439,250 won — a valuation implying Dunamu’s total corporate worth at approximately 15.3 trillion won, or roughly $11...