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

《MapleStory》 parent company NXC restructures its business, selling stakes in crypto exchanges such as Bitstamp and Korbit, and concentrating resources on its core game business. Even after exiting the exchange business, NXC still holds a large amount of Bitcoin and continues developing its blockchain game 《MapleStory N》。

MapleStory Nexon parent company NXC withdraws from crypto exchange investment

The classic MMORPG game 《MapleStory》 is developed by Nexon, and Nexon’s parent company NXC is reorganizing its business structure. In addition to investing in shares of European industrial solutions company CLI Group (CLI Group B.V.), it is also significantly withdrawing investment from the cryptocurrency exchange industry.

According to 《SBS Biz》, the shares in the cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp that NXC acquired through its Belgian investment firm NXMH in 2018 were already sold to the fintech platform Robinhood in 2024, and Bitstamp has also been removed from the list of NXC Group’s affiliated companies.

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

NXC still holds 2,356 Bitcoins; its MapleStory N blockchain game is also still active

As of the end of 2025, NXC holds total crypto assets valued at approximately 147.6 billion Korean won, including 2,356 Bitcoins ($BTC) and 22,420 Ether ($ETH). This represents a decrease of about 15.2% compared with 174 billion Korean won in 2024.

In addition to holding crypto assets, NXC’s Nexon subsidiary Nexpace previously launched the blockchain game 《MapleStory Universe》 《MapleStory N》, with $NXPC tokens as the core of its in-game economy. In 2025, 《MapleStory N》 issued a total of 1 billion $NXPC tokens, and after accounting for the burn, the circulating supply was 996.15 million tokens.

In terms of core game business, Nexon’s online and mobile game revenue jumped 34.5%, reaching 3 兆 521 億 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 previously drew attention, but the truth remains a “maze of contradicting claims”

Since Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju has passed away, another rumor in 2025 is that Tencent, a Chinese internet giant, is 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 published a post to refute it. Sources close to Tencent said that Tencent had not contacted Nexon founder family members and had not considered acquiring Nexon. These completely different accounts have turned this acquisition case into a maze of conflicting claims, and there has been no follow-up so far.

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