SK Telecom and Hana Financial invest in BitGo Korea to enter crypto market



Briefings SK Telecom and Hana Financial invest in BitGo Korea to enter crypto market Partnership highlights growing interest from traditional financial institutions in South Korea’s digital asset sector KOREA PROSeptember 4, 2024 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Various cryptocurrency coins placed on a background displaying price charts \| Image: Canva Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom have reportedly acquired stakes in BitGo Korea, becoming major shareholders in the digital asset custody firm. Hana Financial secured a 25% stake, while SK Telecom took a 10% stake, as announced by BitGo CEO Mike Belshe at the Korea Blockchain Week 2024 in Seoul. The move aims to strengthen BitGo Korea’s position in the digital asset market and promote the institutionalization of virtual assets in South Korea. BitGo Korea stated that the strategic investments by Hana Financial and SK Telecom underscore the growing importance of regulatory compliance in the virtual asset sector. The partnership © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls 02North Korean POW dispute tests Seoul-Kyiv trust and future Ukraine policy 03South Korea’s CPTPP push exposes the cost of turning trade gains into consensus 04AI storage boom gives South Korea battery makers an EV overcapacity lifeline 05South Korea’s Mexico strategy runs into the hard limits of USMCA politics 06Preschool test ban forces South Korea’s English hagwons to rethink placement 07Lee Jae Myung’s Wall Street pitch tests South Korea’s capital market credibility 08US midterm clock raises stakes for South Korea’s $200 billion investment talks

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SK Telecom and Hana Financial invest in BitGo Korea to enter crypto market

Partnership highlights growing interest from traditional financial institutions in South Korea’s digital asset sector

KOREA PROSeptember 4, 2024

SK Telecom and Hana Financial invest in BitGo Korea to enter crypto market

Various cryptocurrency coins placed on a background displaying price charts | Image: Canva

Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom have reportedly acquired stakes in BitGo Korea, becoming major shareholders in the digital asset custody firm. Hana Financial secured a 25% stake, while SK Telecom took a 10% stake, as announced by BitGo CEO Mike Belshe at the Korea Blockchain Week 2024 in Seoul. The move aims to strengthen BitGo Korea’s position in the digital asset market and promote the institutionalization of virtual assets in South Korea.

BitGo Korea stated that the strategic investments by Hana Financial and SK Telecom underscore the growing importance of regulatory compliance in the virtual asset sector. The partnership

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03South Korea’s CPTPP push exposes the cost of turning trade gains into consensus
04AI storage boom gives South Korea battery makers an EV overcapacity lifeline
05South Korea’s Mexico strategy runs into the hard limits of USMCA politics
06Preschool test ban forces South Korea’s English hagwons to rethink placement
07Lee Jae Myung’s Wall Street pitch tests South Korea’s capital market credibility
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SK Telecom and Hana Financial invest in BitGo Korea to enter crypto market

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