Bloomingbit

What Bloomingbit does

Bloomingbit is a Seoul-based cryptocurrency media and investment information platform operated by Bloomingbit Inc. (주식회사 블루밍비트), a privately held company founded in 2021 and affiliated with the Korea Economic Media Group (한국경제미디어그룹). The company is registered as an internet newspaper business (등록번호 서울,아53765) and operates from Gangnam, Seoul. Its core product is a 24-hour breaking crypto news platform delivered via web (bloomingbit.io) and mobile apps (iOS and Android), with localized versions in Korean, English, and Japanese. The platform combines an in-house team of crypto reporters publishing curated news (the "PiCK" feed and ranking news) with STAT AI, a natural language processing and predictive analytics module that summarizes news articles and assigns short-term (24h), mid-term (1 week), and long-term (1 month+) market impact forecasts with sentiment classifications and confidence indicators.

The platform is built on AWS infrastructure with data stored in Japan and the US, integrates with Sendgrid for email delivery, Google Analytics for traffic analysis, and supports Korean mobile carrier-based identity verification (PASS via KT, SK Telecom, LG U+) along with Kakao, Apple, and Google social login. The product suite includes a community discussion forum, a "Hot People" industry figure tracker, and a BloomingTalk module that leverages Tencent Cloud's chat and conversational AI to provide AI-powered messaging for the artist-fan communication vertical.

Bloomingbit operates a freemium business model combining advertising (display, email, SMS, phone) with a token-gated membership subscription service. Members use STAT tokens to access premium features and exclusive content, creating a closed-loop reward economy. Additional revenue and ecosystem positioning come from event co-hosting — notably EastPoint:Seoul 2026 with Hashed (September 28, 2026), building on a 2025 inaugural event that drew 503 attendees with bipartisan Korean legislative participation. The company has raised approximately $1.86M in a single disclosed round in November 2023 led by Goldman Sachs with Hashed and Presto, and has 11-50 employees. Customer concentration is on a long tail of retail Korean crypto investors and Web3 enthusiasts, with no disclosed enterprise contracts.

Name

Bloomingbit

Legal name

주식회사 블루밍비트 (Bloomingbit Inc.)

Website

https://bloomingbit.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bloomingbit is a Seoul-based, Korea Economic Media Group-affiliated cryptocurrency news and investment information platform that delivers 24-hour breaking crypto news, expert-curated PiCK stories, and AI-powered market impact analysis (STAT AI) to retail Korean crypto investors and Web3 enthusiasts via web, iOS, and Android, monetized through advertising and a STAT token-gated membership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cryptocurrency News and Digital Asset Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621), Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Topic/Interest-Based Content Discovery Apps (MPACAKAB)

Keywords

• Cryptocurrency news
• Blockchain media
• AI market analysis
• Digital asset insights
• Crypto community platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscription (멤버십): Subscription-based membership service offering premium features and exclusive content. Members can use STAT tokens to access specific services and features within the platform.
2. Advertising: The platform displays advertisements on its service pages and through email, text, and phone channels to generate advertising revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bloomingbit is a 24-hour cryptocurrency news and investment information platform that delivers expert-curated real-time crypto market news, an AI-powered analysis module (STAT AI) providing time-framed market sentiment assessments, community discussion features, and a premium membership service that grants access to exclusive content and services using STAT tokens. The platform is delivered through a website and dedicated iOS and Android mobile applications, with content available in Korean, English, and Japanese.

Product overview

Bloomingbit is a cryptocurrency social investment information platform operated by Korea Economic Media Group. The platform consists of a core 24-hour news service delivering real-time cryptocurrency market news, supplemented by STAT AI (an AI-powered analysis module providing time-period-based market sentiment assessments), a community discussion forum, Hot People profiling notable industry figures, a Membership subscription service using STAT tokens, and a Reward system. The platform is available via web and mobile apps (iOS and Android), with content provided in Korean and English.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bloomingbit 24-Hour Cryptocurrency News Platform A real-time 24-hour cryptocurrency news and investment information platform delivering curated crypto market news, PiCK news, ranking news, and real-time market updates to retail crypto investors and Web3 enthusiasts. Available via web (bloomingbit.io) and native iOS/Android mobile apps in Korean, English, and Japanese.
• STAT AI Report AI-powered news analysis service that evaluates cryptocurrency news articles and produces time-period-based market impact assessments (short-term within 24 hours, mid-term within 1 week, long-term after 1 month), with sentiment classifications (positive/neutral/negative/judgment unavailable) and analysis strength indicators. Targeted at retail crypto investors and traders seeking AI-assisted market insights.
• Membership (멤버십) Subscription-based premium membership service that grants users access to exclusive content, premium features, and special services within the Bloomingbit platform, paid for using STAT tokens on a monthly billing cadence. Targeted at engaged retail crypto investors and Web3 community members seeking premium analysis and services.
• BloomingTalk AI-powered global messaging platform built on Tencent Cloud Chat that enables real-time communication between artists and fans worldwide, featuring BloomingTalk Artist AI for 24-hour direct fan communication and an AI voice call function powered by Tencent Cloud's conversational AI solution.

Quantifiable outcome

• AI analysis provided for cryptocurrency news with short/mid/long-term sentiment and confidence indicators

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• HashedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 April 2026Bloomingbit co-hosts EastPoint:Seoul 2026 with Hashed on September 28, 2026. The event convenes global leaders on digital assets and AI economy, covering stablecoins, institutional digital asset management, real-world asset tokenization, and autonomous AI economies. Building on the inaugural 2025 event which drew 503 attendees with bipartisan Korean legislative participation.
• Tencent CloudcoreTechnology or Integration · 10 February 2026Tencent Cloud provides its chat instant messaging solution to power BloomingTalk's global messaging infrastructure, enabling real-time communication between artists and fans globally. Tencent Cloud Chat serves as the core messaging system with AI-powered features including 'BloomingTalk Artist AI' (24-hour direct fan communication) and 'AI voice call' function through Tencent Cloud's conversational AI solution.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CoinDesk: The largest English-language crypto media outlet, providing real-time news, analysis, and market data to retail and institutional crypto audiences — the same core use case Bloomingbit serves in Korean.
• The Block: Crypto-native news and research platform with a focus on institutional-grade data and analysis, directly comparable to Bloomingbit's STAT AI-powered market-impact assessments.
• Cointelegraph: Global crypto media brand delivering news, features, and market coverage in multiple languages — overlapping directly with Bloomingbit's multi-language (KR/EN/JP) crypto news offering.
• Decrypt: Consumer-facing crypto news and education platform, comparable to Bloomingbit in its retail-investor focus and freemium content model, with growing paid memberships and newsletters.
• Blockmedia (블록미디어): One of the largest Korean-language crypto media outlets, directly competing with Bloomingbit for Korean retail crypto readers and regulatory coverage.
• TokenPost: Korean crypto news and analysis outlet serving retail and institutional investors, with a comparable mix of breaking news and market commentary.
• Coinness: Korean crypto news and real-time market data platform, highly comparable in scope to Bloomingbit's news + AI-driven market analysis offering.

Emerging players

• CryptoPanic: Aggregated crypto news platform with community voting and sentiment, comparable to Bloomingbit's news-aggregation and community features though without proprietary AI analysis like STAT AI.

Broad incumbents

• CoinGecko (Globe/Research): Dominant crypto data platform that has expanded into news and research (GeckoTerminal, CoinGecko Research), comparable as a broader incumbent that overlaps with Bloomingbit's news + market analysis niche.

Regional players

• Naver Finance (네이버 금융): Mainstream Korean financial media property of Naver covering equities, FX, and increasingly crypto, representing the generalist incumbent that can rapidly extend into Bloomingbit's crypto-news category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bloomingbit_io
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bloomingbit

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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