Bithumb Smashes Records: H1 2025 Revenue Rockets 35% to 329.1B Won

Bithumb just flexed its dominance—again. South Korea's crypto heavyweight posted a blistering 329.1 billion won ($250M) haul for H1 2025, up 35% year-over-year. Traders piled in despite regulators' usual hand-wringing.

Bull Run Bonanza

Exchange volumes exploded as retail FOMO met institutional inflows. The 'Kimchi Premium' made a comeback, proving locals will always find a way to bypass capital controls—even if it means paying 20% over global BTC prices.

Regulatory Roulette

While traditional finance CEOs still debate blockchain's merits, Bithumb's numbers scream adoption. The irony? These gains came as Seoul floated yet another 'investor protection' crackdown. Nothing protects profits like ignoring bureaucrats.

Closing Thought: In crypto, the house always wins—especially when it's one of the last exchanges standing after the 2023 purge. Bithumb isn't just surviving; it's printing money while banks fight over CBDC pilot programs.

IPO Plans and Comeback Story

Bithumb is also preparing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) by the end of 2025, starting with a listing on South Korea’s Kosdaq and possibly later on the U.S. Nasdaq. It will be divided into two businesses, one focused on the exchange business and the other on investments and subsidiaries, with Samsung Securities directing the IPO process.

Bithumb is making a return after years of failures, including a $30 million hack in 2018 and losing market share to competitor Upbit.

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