{"id":546986,"date":"2026-01-26T09:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/south-koreas-coinone-weighs-stake-sale-amid-coinbase-speculation\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:53:10","slug":"south-koreas-coinone-weighs-stake-sale-amid-coinbase-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/south-koreas-coinone-weighs-stake-sale-amid-coinbase-speculation\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s Coinone weighs stake sale amid Coinbase speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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South Korean crypto exchange Coinone has reportedly begun selling major shareholder stakes, with Coinbase rumored to be eyeing a strategic entry.<\/p>\n

Coinone, one of a handful of regulated South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges, is reportedly up for sale, with both local financial institutions and foreign exchanges among the rumored bidders.<\/p>\n

The company has begun a process to sell the stake held by chairman Cha Myung-hoon, who controls 53.4% of the company, local news agency Seoul Economic Daily reported<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are discussing partnerships, including equity investments, with overseas exchanges and domestic financial institutions,\u201d Coinone confirmed to the outlet, adding that no final decision has been made.<\/p>\n

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South Korean crypto exchange Coinone has reportedly begun selling major shareholder stakes, with Coinbase rumored to be eyeing a strategic entry. Coinone, one of a handful of regulated South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges, is reportedly up for sale, with both local financial institutions and foreign exchanges among the rumored bidders. The company has begun a process […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":546987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-546986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}