Bitstamp, according to Business Insider the oldest surviving bitcoin exchange in the world, was set up in 2011 by Slovenians Damijan Merlak and Nejc Kodrič, who have retained about a third of the stock.
It is currently registered in Luxembourg and is the 13th largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world with around half a million trading accounts and an average daily trading volume of 246 million euro.
Nexon is a major gaming company that has recently been expanding into cryptocurrencies, including with the acquisition in September 2017 of a two-thirds stake in the Korean exchange Kornbit, Business Insider reports.
