Bithumb launches ‘10 billion won’ public interest foundation to celebrate 10th anniversary

Bithumb, a domestic virtual asset exchange, celebrated its 10th anniversary on the 6th.

In commemoration of its 10th anniversary, the company invested 10 billion won in funds into the ‘Bithumb Nanum Public Foundation’.Through this, we plan to actively take the lead in resolving the difficulties of underprivileged neighbors together.

Bithumb launches ‘10 billion won’ public interest foundation to celebrate 10th anniversary

In addition, a new slogan was unveiled: ‘Deep Change for Customers, Bithumb’.Bithumb’s new slogan reflects its intention to make change its top priority.

In fact, Bithumb has been making transaction fees completely free since last October.Although some virtual asset exchanges have reduced transaction fees for a certain period of time in the past, Bithumb is the first to implement a fee-free policy without a period limit.Through this, Bithumb plans to lead a fundamental change in the current virtual asset market.

In addition, the company is pursuing listing on the stock market to increase the transparency of its governance structurewhich has been evaluated as relatively weak.In detail, the plan is to become a trusted exchange by verifying the transparency of company management through an initial public offering (IPO), targeting the second half of 2025.In addition, the governance structure will be improved and the shareholding ratio will be changed through consultation with shareholders.

In addition, Bithumb is conducting the ‘Bithumb Startup Support Project’ to discover and foster young entrepreneurs.The evaluation focuses on the innovativeness and business feasibility of the business operator without being limited to the industrial field.It is planned to provide up to 30 billion won depending on the field of support for participating businesses.

A customer participation event will also be held to commemorate the 10th anniversary.First of all, the ’10 Bitcoin 1/N Challenge’ event held on this day is an event in which Bithumb users share 10 Bitcoin equally.If you send the message ‘Happy 10th Birthday Bithumb’ to the Bithumb KakaoTalk channel and then register the issued coupon in the Bithumb app, you will automatically participate.The payment date is the 11th.

In addition, for long-term non-trading members only, virtual assets worth up to 1 million won will be provided free of charge (airdrop) from the 6th to the 12th.Simply log in to the Bithumb app and register the MISS-YOU coupon.The payment date is the 18th.

Jaewon Lee, CEO of Bithumb, said, “Bithumb’s 10 years have been in line with the history of the fast-paced virtual asset market,” and added, “We promise to make sincere changes for our customers with the belief that challenges through change create growth.”

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