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GOPAX (고팍스) — Korean CEX / Binance investment overview

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This entry sits under exchanges index. Read it against Korea's 5 major CEX regimes compared — Upbit / Bithumb / Coinone / Korbit / GOPAX for the Korea peer / regulatory context, Upbit / Bithumb for the closest top-tier peers, and global CEX top 10 comparison for the broader system / market boundary.

Launched 2017-11 · operated by Streami (스트리미) · Binance announced an investment in GOPAX on 2023-02-03 · GoFi (GOPAX Earn) was affected by Genesis Global’s liquidity suspension

1. Corporation / Shareholders

  • Trade name: 주식회사 스트리미 (Streami Inc.) — holding / operating company
  • Established: 2015-04 (Streami founded) / 2017-11 (GOPAX exchange launched)
  • Head office location: 서울특별시 강남구 (Gangnam-gu, Seoul)
  • Founder: 이준행 (Lee Joon-haeng) — Streami founder, started from a blockchain remittance business
  • Investment-disclosure boundary:
    • Binance announced an investment in GOPAX through the Industry Recovery Initiative on 2023-02-03
    • Binance’s official announcement explains that the investment was intended to support GoFi users but does not state an ownership percentage
    • This entry does not infer current control from reported ownership percentages or unfinished regulatory procedures

2. Registration / License status (Korean system)

  • 가상자산사업자 (VASP) registration: registered with FIU in Korea’s first 2021 registration cohort
  • ISMS / ISMS-P certification: holds KISA ISMS-P
  • 실명확인 입출금 계정 (real-name account): contract with 전북은행 (Jeonbuk Bank, JB금융그룹 / JB Financial Group)
    • 전북은행 is a regional bank, and GOPAX’s fiat rail depends on this real-name account agreement
    • Bank-side AML/CFT checks and exchange-side VASP obligations are treated separately
  • Binance investment: the 2023-02-03 official announcement and KoFIU filing status are separate evidence; the investment announcement alone does not establish the outcome of a change notification
  • For the detailed regulatory system, see Korea's 5 major CEX regimes compared — Upbit / Bithumb / Coinone / Korbit / GOPAX

3. Listed currencies

  • KRW spot market (legal as one of Korea’s 5 major CEXs, 1 )
  • Listings change over time, so this entry does not fix a count or rank the breadth of peer offerings
  • Centered on BTC / ETH / major altcoins
  • Listing review: DAXA common standards + GOPAX’s own standards

4. Scope of business

  • Spot trading (centered on KRW pairs)
  • Derivatives / margin trading: not offered under Korean VASP regulation
  • GoFi (GOPAX Earn): a lending product; at the end of 2022 a Genesis Global bankruptcy-exposure incident occurred (the GoFi withdrawal-freeze situation arose due to the impact of the bankruptcy of global lending operators such as Genesis Capital)
  • staking: limited service
  • Fiat deposits: only via 전북은행 real-name account
  • B2B / institutional: API trading, OTC

5. How to read scale information

  • Market share, 24h volume, and rank vary by observation time and data provider, so this entry does not adopt fixed values
  • Korean CEX comparisons should align the KRW market, the as-of date, and the presence of a real-name account
  • GOPAX appears in KoFIU’s VASP filing status; customer KYC / AML obligations should be checked separately from registration status

6. History / Major events

Source: The entire table is based on Binance’s GOPAX investment announcement and KoFIU’s virtual-asset service provider filing status, checked on 2026-07-29.

Period Event
2023-02-03 Binance announced an investment in and acquisition of shares in GOPAX
As of 2026-06-30 GOPAX appears in KoFIU’s virtual-asset service provider filing status

7. Strategic developments

  • Binance investment disclosure boundary: the 2023-02-03 official announcement establishes an investment and support for GoFi users; it does not establish a current ownership percentage or regulatory approval status
  • GoFi response: the effect of Genesis Global’s liquidity suspension on GoFi is examined as a case of external lending-counterparty dependence and user protection
  • 전북은행 relationship: the real-name account agreement is treated as a fiat rail, with bank-side and VASP-side AML/CFT responsibilities examined separately
  • DAXA participation: standardizing listing criteria at DAXA together with Upbit / Bithumb / Coinone / Korbit
  • 2024 User Protection Act response: contributing to the user-protection fund, strengthening unfair-trading surveillance, rebuilding internal controls
  • Relationship with Binance: future liquidity, listing, or technology integration is not treated as implemented; the scope is limited to confirmed investment disclosure

8. Positioning in the industry

GOPAX is a case in which a global CEX invested in a VASP filed in Korea, useful for examining disclosure boundaries among regulators, investors, and the domestic operator.

Within Korean CEX system comparison, KoFIU filing status, real-name accounts, and investment disclosure are treated as separate evidence. This entry does not fix reported ranks, ownership percentages, or a future regulatory outcome.

The GoFi incident is also important in the context of 글로벌 CEX 파산 비교 as a case of the pattern in which the insolvency of a global lending operator spreads contagiously to a Korean CEX’s subsidiary lending product.

Sources

  • 公開情報整理 (GOPAX / Streami 공식 IR, gopax.co.kr / streami.io)
  • 公開情報整理 (Binance 2023-02 GOPAX 지분 인수 발표, binance.com Blog)
  • 公開情報整理 (FSC / FIU 가상자산사업자 등록 변경 관련 정보)
  • 公開情報整理 (전북은행 / Jeonbuk Bank 실명확인 입출금 계정 보도)
  • 公開情報整理 (GoFi GOPAX Earn 사태 / Genesis Global 파산 노출 보도, 코인데스크 코리아 / Korea Herald)
  • 公開情報整理 (Binance 글로벌 미국 SEC / DOJ 합의 2023-11 $4.3B 罰金 / CZ 退任 보도, Reuters / CoinDesk / The Block)
  • 公開情報整理 (DAXA 자율규제 협의체 발표)
  • 公開情報整理 (가상자산이용자보호법 2024-07 시행 관련 보도)
  • 公開情報整理 (Binance 韓国 FIU 변경신고 협상 정체 관련 보도 2023–2025)
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