According to the Korea Economic Daily, Bithumb, South Korea's second largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting that it is considering listing on the Nasdaq in the United States. Bithumb is currently seeking an initial public offering (IPO) with the goal of listing in the second half of next year, with Samsung Securities as the lead underwriter. Currently, Bithumb has opened up a variety of listing possibilities at home and abroad. In addition, Bithumb passed a single resolution to change the name of the virtual asset exchange operator Bithumb Korea to Bithumb, and plans to increase its visibility by unifying the company name and service name.