Bithumb, a domestic cryptocurrency exchange, announced on the 14th that it has established a subsidiary, ‘Bitsum Meta,’ to promote new businesses centered on Metaverse. Bitsum Meta is expected to become an outpost that provides new services, including Metaverse, beyond the existing business area of Bitsum Korea.
Bitsum Korea established Bitsum Meta with a sole investment of 17 billion won in February. The purpose of establishment is to plan, develop and sell cryptocurrency systems and software. Cho Hyun-sik, Vice President of Bithumb Korea, was appointed as the first representative.
BitsumMeta focuses on developing a social metaverse platform that helps users interact. To this end, we selected Unity as our first partner. Unity technology is being used in various industries such as ‘Horizon World’ of Meta (formerly Facebook) and ‘ZEPETO’ of Naver Jet.
Bitsum Meta said, “In line with the ‘Web 3.0 era’, we plan to make digital content produced by various creator groups freely available within the platform. “he explained.
“The platform that Bitsum Meta and Unity create together will become a metaverse that participants can trust each other,” said Hyunsik Cho, CEO of Bitsum Meta. The goal is to create an ecosystem,” he said.
Meanwhile, Jo Hyun-sik, who joined Bithumb Korea on the 7th of last year, has been evaluated as a suitable person for the Bithumb metaverse business as a person who has served as ΔNCsoft domestic sales team business planning team leader ΔNaver core game business department ΔNHN business development group director and group leader. there is.
