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Huobi Korea

South Korean centralized cryptocurrency exchange established in 2017 as the Korean arm of Huobi/HTX. Huobi Korea separated its management and ownership relationship from the global exchange in January 2023, then ended virtual-asset exchange services on 2024-01-29 because of a difficult business environment.

CEXDeadVoluntary shutdown
Also known as: Huobi Korea Exchange, huobi.co.kr

Registry sequence

Key facts

Launch date
2017-01-01
Death date
2024-01-29
Years
2017–2024
Origin
South Korea
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-06-14

URL handling

Preferred action
Use archived URL first for historical viewing.
URL status
Repurposed
Original URL
https://www.huobi.co.kr/
Archived URL

Summary

South Korean centralized cryptocurrency exchange established in 2017 as the Korean arm of Huobi/HTX. Huobi Korea separated its management and ownership relationship from the global exchange in January 2023, then ended virtual-asset exchange services on 2024-01-29 because of a difficult business environment.

Timeline

Huobi Korea was established as Huobi's Korean exchange
2017-01-01launchedmedium

Huobi Korea began operating in 2017 as the South Korean arm of the global Huobi exchange group.

Huobi Korea separated from the global Huobi and HTX business
2023-01-01rebrandedhigh

Huobi Korea cut its ownership and management ties with Huobi Global and HTX and continued as an independent domestic exchange.

Huobi Korea ended virtual-asset exchange services
2024-01-29shutdown_effectivecritical

Huobi Korea terminated its exchange services on 2024-01-29 after concluding that the current business environment made continued operation impractical. Customer withdrawals remained available after the shutdown.

Evidence

Huobi Korea2020-01-08official_statementhigh reliabilityentityarchive
The Block2024-01-04news_articlehigh reliabilitylaunch_datearchive
The Block2024-01-04news_articlehigh reliabilityownershiparchive
AiCoin2024-01-04news_articlemedium reliabilityownershiparchive
HTX Feed2024-01-04official_statementmedium reliabilitydeath_datearchive
The Block2024-01-04news_articlehigh reliabilitydeath_reasonarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note
HEI uses voluntary_shutdown because the exchange's announcement framed the closure as a business-environment decision. The former official domain now serves unrelated Korean content and is treated as repurposed.
Revision state
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