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Korean crypto firm raises $140M, China’s $1.4T AI sector, Huobi battle: Asia Express

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Korean crypto firm raises $140M, China’s $1.4T AI sector, Huobi battle: Asia Express

Line Next raises $140M, China's AI market surpasses $1.4T, Sinohope stagnates due to stuck FTX deposit, and more!

by Zhiyuan Sun 4 min December 14, 2023 Asia Express

Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments.

South Korean Web3 firm raises $140 million

South Korean nonfungible token developer Line Next secured a $140 million investment on Dec. 13 from a consortium led by Peter-Thiel-backed private equity firm Crescendo Equity Partners. It’s the largest blockchain series funding round in Asia this year.
The firm’s NFT platform, dubbed “DOSI,” is scheduled to premiere in January, integrated with Japanese NFT marketplace Line NFT.

“With this investment, Line Next also plans to introduce new services to further accelerate Web3 popularization. These include introducing a social app that allows users to communicate based on the characters they made utilizing AI technology and launching new Web3 games utilizing BROWN & FRIENDS characters that anyone can enjoy.”

Line Next plans to create new services on the public blockchain Finschia, with Line and Crescendo participating in the Finschia Foundation as governance members. The firm claims it has achieved over 470,000 cumulative transactions through various decentralized applications operating under its DOSI brand. Its popular messaging app, Line, has over 5 million users.

The upcoming Dosi NFT platform.
The upcoming Dosi NFT platform.

China’s AI market reaches $1.42 trillion this year

The state-owned China Electronics Information Industry Development Academy (CEIIDA) estimated on Dec. 14 that the country’s AI market had grown to be worth 10 trillion yuan ($1.42 trillion) this year, aided by the use of generative AI in manufacturing, retail, information technology and healthcare. And it said the industry is just getting started:

“In 2035, generative artificial intelligence is expected to contribute nearly 90 trillion yuan in economic value to the world, of which my country will exceed 30 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 40%.”

According to official statistics, over 1,800 AI firms are situated in Beijing alone. Advancements in Chinese AI have enabled firms to directly harness the power of AI computing via cloud technology, skipping requirements to develop their own in-house generative AI models. By 2025, CEIIDA researchers estimate that 35% of the country’s digital computing operations will be handled by AI. Meanwhile, the city of Beijing has begun issuing “vouchers” tied to government-related generative-AI software. The AI vouchers promise data computation and delivery for tasks such as medical inquiries within “one millisecond” of initiation.

Earlier this year, on June 5, Chinese AI startup Guangnian Zhiwai, or “Lightyears Away”, reached unicorn status less than 100 days after incorporation. The round was led by a notable Chinese venture capital firm along with Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent. According to media reports, Lightyears Away aims to become China’s OpenAI, mirroring its American counterpart’s success. The firm had no market-ready product at the time of the raise and only started hiring technical staff thereafter.

An AI-powered robotics research center in China (CCTV).
An AI-powered robotics research center in China (CCTV).

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Sinohope Technology (also known as New Huo Tech) is a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian established by Huobi Global co-founder Leon Li. It disclosed on Dec. 13 that the firm expects a loss of $280 million Hong Kong dollars ($35.86 million) for the first nine months of 2023, an increase from HK$200 million ($25.61 million) it lost during the same period last year. Part of the loss included HK$86 million ($11 million) of enterprise deposits stuck on the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

At the time FTX went under last November, Leon extended a $14 million personal line of credit to bailout Sinhope customers affected by FTX’s collapse. A full financial report of the company’s operations during the first nine months of 2023 will be published this month, Sinohope said.

On Dec. 11, X-Spot Global, another company owned by Leon Li, won an injunction against Huobi Global for the latter to cease its use of the Chinese-equivalent “Huobi” trademark in Hong Kong.

According to court filings, the Huobi trademark was registered in 2019 in Hong Kong. In September 2022, Huobi Global was sold by co-founders Leon Li and Du Jun to About Capital Management, an entity linked to Chinese blockchain personality Justin Sun. However, the rights to the Chinese-language Huobi trademark had been fully transferred to Leon Li’s X-Spot Global prior to the acquisition, making the entity its trademark owner. Huobi subsequently rebranded to HTX this September.

Huobi co-founder Leon Li (Right).
Huobi founder Leon Li (right) meets with Vladimir Putin’s adviser, Sergey Glazyev. (PRNewsfoto/Huobi)

OKX DEX exploited for $2.7 million

Crypto exchange OKX’s decentralized exchange (DEX) suffered a reported $2.7 million hack on Dec. 13 after the private key of the proxy admin owner was allegedly leaked. In a statement, OKX developers said that it “was caused by the theft of the management rights of an abandoned OKX DEX market maker contract that is no longer in use.” Developers also estimate the loss to be lower than reported by blockchain analytics firms, at $370,000 over 18 addresses.

“Judicial procedures will be initiated to recover relevant losses. The platform will conduct a security self-examination in the future and reorganize all related abandoned contracts to avoid such incidents from happening again. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.”

Bitget’s spot trading volume rises 82% amid crypto market thaw

Cryptocurrency Bitget’s spot trading volume increased by 82% in November as part of a wider industry recovery. In its monthly report, the exchange said that its Protection Fund, comprised of 6,500 Bitcoin (BTC) and 120 million Tether (USDT), had surged by $90 million in capital appreciation from when the fund launched on Dec. 22, 2022. The exchange also onboarded 5,000 new traders last month.

“Additionally, the first week of December witnessed an increased demand for our copy trading in the spot market (launched in January 2023) compared to the first week of November, with a 23% rise in the number of users engaging in copy trading, which attracted 17% more users compared to the entire December of the previous year.”

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