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South Korean Gaming Giant WeMade’s Blockchain Bet Finally Pays Off?
14.3.2024
The South Korean gaming behemoth WeMade is hopeful that its massive blockchain gaming drive is finally starting to pay dividends, media reports claimed on March 13.
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WeMade Crypto Blow as South Korean Regulators Probe Game Maker’s ‘Unregistered Sales’
9.2.2024
The South Korean game maker WeMade crypto project suffered a blow on February 8 as regulators launched a probe into suspected “unregistered” sales on WEMIX platforms. Maeil Kyungjae reported that the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), which reports to the Financial Services Commission,...
Web3 Game Developer Wemade Reports Widening Losses in Q4 2023
6.2.2024
South Korean Web3 game developer Wemade has disclosed a significant increase in operating and net losses in the fourth quarter of last year, as per its latest earnings report. According to the report released on Tuesday, the Kosdaq-listed company’s net loss surged to 189.5 billion won ($142.6...
South Korean Gaming Giant WeMade Must Pay $41M ‘Crypto Tax’ Bill
4.1.2024
Source: Zerbor/Adobe The South Korean gaming firm WeMade has been hit with a $41 million tax bill for its crypto-related activities. Yonhap reported that the National Tax Service (NTS) issued the bill following an investigation into the firm’s historic crypto business operations. The NTS said...
South Korean Golf Star Lee Ye-won Wins Crypto Prize at Tour Event
20.11.2023
Source: yellowj/Adobe The South Korean pro golfer Lee Ye-won has scooped a crypto prize worth over $457,000 by winning a KLPGA Tour event in Busan. The WEMIX Championship was sponsored by the domestic gaming giant WeMade’s crypto and blockchain gaming subsidiary. The KLPGA (Korea Ladies...
Gaming Giant WeMade’s ‘Controversy-hit’ Token ‘Relisted’ in South Korea
9.11.2023
Source: terovesalainen/Adobe The South Korean gaming behemoth WeMade has scored a success by securing a new domestic crypto exchange listing for its WEMIX coin. Per Chosun Ilbo, the Gopax exchange began trading in WEMIX pairs from 5pm KST on November 8. Controversy struck for the coin and...
Today in Crypto: Kazakh Mining Firms Stop Machines and Ask the President to Cut Energy Prices, Chainalysis Finds 'Notable' Decline in Eastern Asia’s Crypto Activity
3.10.2023
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Korean Crypto Exchanges Upbit, Bithumb Raided Over Lawmaker’s Crypto Dealings
17.5.2023
South Korean prosecutors have raided two of the country’s largest coin trading platforms within an investigation into the crypto investments of a politician. They seized materials from Upbit and Bithumb amid suspicions of wrongdoing related to the lawmaker’s cryptocurrency holdings. South Korean...
Today in Crypto: Bitpanda Partners with Visa, Near Joins Hands with WEMADE, Ethereum-based Decentralized RPC Goes Live
23.3.2023
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Bitpanda Partners with Visa, Near Joins Hands with WEMADE, Ethereum-based Decentralized RPC Goes Live
Space and Time X Wemade: A step to power gaming services
15.3.2023
Microsoft backs Wemade and Time & Space, with the latter receiving the strategic funding of $20 million in September 2022 and Wemade having acquired $46 million in November 2022. Another common aspect between the two is the strategic partnership that they have announced recently. Wemade,...
South Korean Gaming Giant WeMade Loses Legal Struggle Against WEMIX Delisting
8.12.2022
The South Korean gaming firm WeMade has lost its legal battle against the nation’s biggest crypto exchanges – who have decided to delist its wemix coin (WEMIX).
WEMIX was issued with an “investment warning” in October by the Digital Asset Exchange Association (DAXA). The DAXA is a group that...
WEMIX Delisting: South Korean Crypto Exchange Upbit Accused of Instigating Token Removal
28.11.2022
According to the CEO of Wemade, Henry Chang, the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit was the brains behind the Digital Asset Exchange Joint Consultative Body (DAXA)’s decision to delist WEMIX. The Wemade CEO accused Upbit of applying different standards and of failing to furnish...
South Korean Crypto Exchanges Delist WEMIX — Token Price Plunges by Nearly 70%
25.11.2022
The Digital Asset Exchange Joint Consultative Body (DAXA), the South Korean association of crypto exchanges, announced on Nov. 24 that the WEMIX token would be delisted. In justifying the decision to delist WEMIX, the association claimed the information provided by the token’s issuer Wemade...
WEMIX token plunges 70% after it's delisted by Korean exchanges
25.11.2022
DAXA claimed that the circulating number of WEMIX exceeds what has been disclosed by Wemix, much to the chagrin of the issuers
Microsoft Backs Wemade’s Blockchain Push in $46 Million Investment Round
5.11.2022
Software giant Microsoft has made a $14.8 million investment in Wemade, a Korea-based blockchain gaming services company that has recently launched its own stablecoin, named Wemix. The company was part of a $46 million investment round, that also saw the participation of two more companies: Shinhan...
‘No Possibility’ that Wemix Will Be Delisted in S Korea, Says Gaming Giant WeMade
3.11.2022
The South Korean gaming giant WeMade has claimed there is “no chance” its wemix token will be delisted by the nation’s leading crypto exchanges – despite the fact that it has been placed on a watchlist....
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Metaverse Project WeMade Put on 'Caution' List in South Korea After Releasing Inaccurate Token Data
31.10.2022
WeMade said it accidentally excluded the issuance of tokens meant to supply liquidity to its mainnet and increase user participation
Web3 Game Platform Iskra Raises $40M, Partners with Gate․io for Token Generation Event
22.9.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Iskra, a web3 community game platform that raised $40M from Korean tech giants Krust, Wemade, Netmarble, LINE Studio and others, plans to hold its first Token Generation Event (TGE) on global exchange Gate.io. The TGE is scheduled for Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 9:00 am UTC....
Animoca, WeMade, Samsung Next back Web3 studio to develop open-source games
7.7.2022
The company plans to use the funds to build a gaming ecosystem based on Libplanet blockchain technology
Gaming Giant WeMade Wants to Buy Bithumb – Report
16.4.2021
Another South Korean gaming giant has been linked with a possible deal to take over Bithumb, one of the country’s biggest crypto exchanges.
Per a report from Chosun, WeMade, the firm behind the Legend of Mir series, is the latest to express an interest in buying a stake in the crypto trading...