Bithumb Holdings appointed Kim Gi-bum as the new CEO

According to New1, Bithumb Holdings recently held a board meeting, and the actual controller Lee Jung-hoon's confidant Kim Gi-bum was appointed as the new CEO, while the former CEO Lee Jae-won stepped down to focus on the operation of the Bithumb trading platform itself.

Kim Gi-bum was previously the head of external relations at Bithumb, responsible for overseeing external communications and compliance management.