Korbit is a South Korean cryptocurrency firm base in Seoul and launched in 2013. It was the first exchange to launch a Bitcoin-Korean Won (BTC/KRW) market. It’s primary features include facilitating buying, selling, and secure storage of a broad spectrum of digital assets, encompassing major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum, alongside numerous altcoins, primarily through KRW pairings.
Beyond these core trading functions, Korbit users can engage in crypto-to-crypto trading, utilize the platform’s dedicated digital asset wallet, and participate in staking services to earn rewards on their holdings. Korbit also operates a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace and provides tools such as automated trading, recurring investment options, and bundled asset purchases.
Korbit employs employs robust security measures including multi-factor authentication and substantial cold wallet storage. The exchange is committed to full compliance with South Korea's stringent financial regulations, encompassing comprehensive anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) procedures and collaboration with domestic financial institutions such as Shinhan Bank for verified real-name accounts.
Project Information
Related Projects
AdsDax is a digital advertising platform founded in 2013 that aims to solve endemic problems in the advertising industry, such as fraud and a lack of transparency, by removing intermediaries and fostering direct, value-based connections between brands and consumers.
The core of AdsDax's service is a self-serve advertising platform that allows brands to create, buy, and sell advertising in a transparent environment. A key feature of their model is the use of incentivised experiences, where consumers are rewarded with digital assets for their engagement with advertising content. This approach, which leverages AI for campaign optimization, is designed to move beyond superficial metrics such as "likes" to drive authentic engagement and build brand loyalty. The platform supports a variety of ad formats, including interactive and video ads, and is utilised by major advertising agencies.
AdsDax uses the Hedera Consensus Service to track and verify millions of advertising events such as impressions, clicks, and conversions in real-time. Each event is recorded on the Hedera public ledger, creating an immutable and auditable trail that provides a single source of truth for advertisers and publishers. This allows for the automated and near-instantaneous settlement of payments to publishers and rewards to consumers using cryptocurrencies.
Object Computing, Inc. (OCI) is a technology consulting company founded in 1993 and based in St. Louis, Missouri. It specializes in designing and building custom software solutions for enterprise clients across various industries, including defense, aerospace, financial services, and healthcare.
OCI's services span the entire software development lifecycle, from strategy and design to implementation and support. The company offers expertise in a wide range of technologies, including real-time and embedded systems, cloud computing, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT). A significant part of their work involves helping organizations modernize their legacy systems and adopt new technologies to improve efficiency and drive innovation. They also create and sponsor multiple open-source projects, most notably Grails, a popular web application framework based on the Groovy programming language.
Object Computing leverages its extensive experience in enterprise software to help organizations build and integrate solutions on the Hedera network. OCI provides consulting, training, and development services specifically for Hedera, enabling businesses to utilize the platform for applications requiring high throughput, security, and auditable data logging.
Emtech is a financial technology company that provides a full-stack Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) platform for central banks and other financial regulators. Its purpose is to equip its clients with tools to issue their own digital currencies and to empower these institutions to lead innovation in financial services while ensuring regulatory compliance and stability.
The company’s offerings are centered around two key products. The first is its CBDC Core Solution, which provides the underlying technology for a central bank to mint, distribute, and manage a digital currency. The second is its innovative Digital Regulatory Sandbox, a controlled environment where fintechs and other financial service providers can build and test new applications using the CBDC, all under the direct oversight of the regulator. This collaborative approach helps bridge the gap between innovators and policymakers.
Emtech has a significant partnership with Hedera, having announced that its CBDC platform is built on the Hedera public ledger. By leveraging Hedera's high-throughput, secure, and low-energy network, Emtech can offer central banks a highly resilient and auditable infrastructure for their digital currency operations.