South Korean financial group Mirai Asset plans to build a 150 trillion won ($109 billion) digital asset business around Digital X, the crypto exchange formerly known as Corbit, according to The Korea Times.
The report said DigitalX will focus on crypto, stablecoins, real-world asset and security token offerings, with plans to tokenize physical assets including gold, silver and electricity.
The expansion plan follows the advice of Mirae Resources acquisition Korbit’s 97.15% stake in July for a cumulative 141.4 billion won. The exchange was subsequently rebranded as Digital X, the first time an affiliate of a South Korean financial group gained control of a domestic crypto exchange.
Founded in 2013, Korbit is from South Korea the first Cryptocurrency exchange. Despite its long history, exchanges accounted for only 0.5% of South Korea’s cryptocurrency trading market in 2025, according to the country’s Fair Trade Commission.
Mira Asset founder and chairman Park Heon-joo outlined the plan at a Digital X employee event in Seoul on Wednesday. “Our primary goal is to make Digital X a key pillar of ‘Mirae Asset 3.0,'” he said, according to The Korea Times.
On Monday, Digital X Trading began offering concessions fee Zero-fee policy set till August 24, 2027 across all Zine-denominated assets.
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