Dunamu has published its 2026 Impact Report, the first in the digital asset exchange industry to quantify the economic, social and environmental value created through its core business and ESG activities.
Dunamu said on Nov. 10 the report estimates the total economic, social and environmental value it created in 2025 at 654 billion won.
The report consists of three areas: Value Impact, Business Impact and Growth Impact.
Under Value Impact, it estimated the value Dunamu created in 2025 at 28.9 billion won for a transparent trading environment, 74.5 billion won for a safe investment experience, 33.4 billion won for expanding the industry ecosystem, 12.2 billion won for social contribution activities, 2.5 billion won for environmental and ecological conservation, and 502.5 billion won for economic contribution.
It calculated the economic contribution amount by adding the total cash dividends attributable to 2025 and consolidated corporate tax expenses.
It also converted investment results in user protection and security into monetary value.
Dunamu calculated at 17.6 billion won the value of activities to prevent and support refunds for financial fraud losses, using an artificial intelligence-based fraud detection system and fund-tracking solutions, based on last year’s figures.
As of December 2025, 99.04 percent of customer assets are stored in cold wallets separated from the internet. That exceeds the legal requirement of 80 percent.
It estimated at about 9.7 billion won the value of preventing potential damage through cold wallet operations beyond the legal standard and a multiple distributed storage system.
Last year, it recovered assets worth 37.2 billion won that had been mistakenly transferred. Dunamu assessed that it created total value of 39.6 billion won through asset recovery and damage prevention activities.
It invested 24.3 billion won in information protection last year. It measured that it created value worth 25.2 billion won through stronger information protection infrastructure, training and operating a bug bounty program.
It also disclosed the cumulative scale of ESG activities carried out over a long period.
Dunamu’s cumulative spending on ESG activities from 2018 to 2025 totaled 300.3 billion won. Cumulative economic contribution from 2021 to 2025 was 2.97 trillion won.
Through its youth digital finance education program UpClass Junior, it provided education to 29,218 youths from May 2022 to December last year.
In the environmental area, 50,592 people participated in Seed Vault NFT Collection Season 3, and it used project funds to create a 667 square meter conservation site for rare and native plants.
The report also includes Business Impact, covering performance of major services such as Upbit and Securities Plus, and Growth Impact focused on Web3 technology and global business.
It also presented a future business direction to connect the real economy with digital finance and expand access for developers and users through its Web3 infrastructure brand GIWA.
Kyung-seok Oh (오경석), Dunamu’s CEO, said, “This report is the first attempt to objectively measure the practical value Dunamu has provided to our society and users,” adding, “We will continue to fulfill our responsibilities and role as a leading company in the industry.”