{"id":3737202,"date":"2026-05-15T10:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3737202"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T02:50:22","slug":"hana-bank-buys-672-million-stake-stake-upbit-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/investment-tracker\/2026\/hana-bank-buys-672-million-stake-stake-upbit-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hana Bank Buys $672.5 Million Stake in Upbit Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean bank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanabank.com\/\">Hana Bank<\/a> plans to buy a $672.5 million stake in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dunamu.com\/en\">Dunamu<\/a>, the operator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upbit.com\/home\">Upbit<\/a> cryptocurrency exchange, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/hana-bank-to-buy-670-million-stake-in-crypto-exchange-operator-dunamu-08f99cb5\">reported<\/a> Thursday (May 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Financial Group<\/a> and a regulatory filing.<\/p>\n<p>Hana Bank will buy the shares from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kakaocorp.com\/page\/?lang=en\">Kakao<\/a>, an internet company, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Hana Financial Group Chairman and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanafn.com\/en\/governance\/council\/directCommittee.do\">Ham Young-joo<\/a> said in the report that the planned purchase is \u201ca strategic decision to accelerate financial innovation based on digital assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hana and Dunamu have been developing a blockchain-based overseas remittance service, and the two companies have already agreed to jointly develop new business models, per the report.<\/p>\n<p>CoinDesk also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2026\/05\/15\/hana-bank-to-acquire-usd670-million-stake-in-upbit-operator-dunamu\">reported<\/a> on the planned transaction, saying the deal will make Hana Bank the fourth-largest shareholder in Dunamu, behind only Dunamu\u2019s founders and 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