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Story: Samsung SDS and Dunamu Target Stablecoin Infrastructure With 4% Stake Backing

By Steven Anderson

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Revenue Already Moving in the Right Direction. The digital asset push sits on top of a solid financial quarter for Samsung SDS.

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AI Infrastructure Plans Are Enormous. Separate from the Dunamu angle, Samsung SDS has laid out an AI capacity roadmap that's hard to…

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Samsung SDS is in active talks with Dunamu — the company behind South Korea's dominant crypto exchange Upbit — on building stablecoin infrastructure and AI-driven payment systems.

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The discussions came to light during Samsung SDS's second-quarter earnings call, where CEO Lee Jun-hee spoke openly about the Dunamu collaboration.

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Neither Samsung SDS nor Dunamu commented further.

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The digital asset push sits on top of a solid financial quarter for Samsung SDS. Second-quarter revenue rose 5.9% to 3.72 trillion Korean won, or roughly $2.6 billion.

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The stablecoin and digital asset work, when it materializes, would likely plug into that same cloud and security backbone.

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Separate from the Dunamu angle, Samsung SDS has laid out an AI capacity roadmap that's hard to ignore. The company currently runs 110 megawatts of AI infrastructure.

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For context, that kind of AI infrastructure scale isn't just about serving internal Samsung needs.

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Stablecoin infrastructure, if Samsung SDS and Dunamu actually build it out, would benefit from exactly this kind of compute backbone.

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The stablecoin market across Asia has grown fast in recent years, with demand coming from both retail users and institutional players looking for dollar-denominated settlement…

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Unclear yet whether the Samsung SDS-Dunamu work will produce a standalone stablecoin product, a white-label infrastructure service for other financial institutions, or something…

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See also: South Koreas Stablecoin Gap: Hashed and Solana Policy Institute Push for Interim Rules

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What's probably not in doubt is that Samsung SDS wants to be the infrastructure layer — not just a passive investor — as South Korea's digital asset market matures.

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