A look at South Korea's Bithumb ahead of its 2025 IPO; Kaiko says Bithumb had 36% of the country's crypto trading in January 2024, up from 11.5% in January 2023 (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

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A look at South Korea’s Bithumb ahead of its 2025 IPO; Kaiko says Bithumb had 36% of the country’s crypto trading in January 2024, up from 11.5% in January 2023  —  After years spent in the shadow of larger rival Upbit, crypto exchange Bithumb is clawing back a more meaningful share of South Korea’s tightly held digital-assets market.