Completely withdraw from cryptocurrency exchange investments! Nexon’s parent company still holds 2,356 Bitcoins.

《MapleStory》’s parent company NXC restructures its business, selling shares in crypto exchanges such as Bitstamp and Korbit, and concentrating resources on its core gaming business. Even after exiting the exchange business, NXC still holds a large amount of bitcoin and continues to develop the chain game 《MapleStory N》.

MapleStory Nexon parent company NXC withdraws from crypto exchange investments

The parent company of the classic MMORPG《MapleStory》—Nexon—NXC is restructuring its business setup. In addition to investing in European enterprise solutions company CLI Group (CLI Group B.V.), it is also significantly pulling back its investments in the cryptocurrency exchange sector.

According to a report by 《SBS Biz》, NXC’s shares in crypto exchange Bitstamp, acquired in 2018 through its Belgian investment company NXMH, were sold to financial technology platform Robinhood in 2024, and Bitstamp has also been removed from NXC Group’s list of affiliated subsidiaries.

In addition, NXC also made a board resolution earlier this year in February to dispose of all the shares it holds in Korbit, the domestic exchange in South Korea.

NXC still has 2,356 bitcoins, and the 《MapleStory N》 chain game is still going

As of the end of 2025, NXC holds cryptocurrency assets with a total value of approximately 147.6 billion Korean won, including 2,356 bitcoins ($BTC) and 22,420 ether ($ETH). Compared with 174 billion Korean won in 2024, this represents a decrease of about 15.2%.

Besides holding cryptocurrency assets, Nexon subsidiary Nexpace under NXC previously launched the blockchain game Universe 《MapleStory N》, using $NXPC tokens as its core in-game economy. In 2025, 《MapleStory N》 issued a total of 1 billion $NXPC tokens, and after subtracting the burned portion, the circulating supply was 996.15 million tokens.

In terms of core game business, Nexon’s online and mobile game revenue surged 34.5%, reaching 3.0521 trillion Korean won. By divesting non-core businesses, NXC is concentrating resources on the most competitive areas of gaming.

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Tencent acquisition rumors once drew attention, but the truth remains a maze

Since Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju has passed away, another rumor emerged in 2025: China’s internet giant Tencent is reportedly considering whether to acquire Nexon.

《Bloomberg》 reported in June 2025 that Tencent had contacted Kim Jung-ju’s family, but Chinese media outlet 《The Beijing News》 quickly posted to refute it. People familiar with Tencent said Tencent has not contacted Nexon’s founding family and has not considered acquiring Nexon. The two sharply different accounts have turned this potential acquisition into a maze, and there is still no follow-up so far.

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