Just saw something pretty wild trending on Weibo recently. Apparently Jun Ji-hyun's husband, Choi Jun-hyuk, who runs Alpha Asset Management, got hit hard with massive losses in the Wemix blockchain game investment. We're talking about 15.8 billion won in losses here, which is no joke.



So here's what went down. Alpha Asset Management picked up stakes in Wemade, the company behind Wemix, back in late 2023 and early 2024. They bought shares worth 15 billion won at around 34,894 won per share, then another 20 billion won batch at 63,887 won. Fast forward to now, and with Wemade trading at 25,000 won, you can do the math on those losses.

The real issue started when Wemix got hacked in February last year. About 9 billion won worth of tokens were stolen, but here's the kicker - they didn't announce it until four days later. The Korean court eventually ruled that Wemade's explanation wasn't transparent enough. Come June, the Digital Asset Exchange Association decided to delist WEMIX entirely from Korean platforms like Upbit, Bithumb, and a few others. Trading stopped in July.

What's interesting is how this story blew up on social media. Jun Ji-hyun's husband losing hundreds of billions in crypto became a trending topic, which kind of shows how much attention this got. Choi Jun-hyuk came from a pretty solid background - he was head of derivatives at Bank of America's Seoul office before taking over Alpha Asset Management in 2019. The company manages over 1 trillion won in assets, so this loss is definitely notable but not catastrophic for their overall portfolio.

Wemix is currently trading around $0.25 with a market cap of about $113.72 million, down significantly from where it was. It's a pretty stark reminder of how quickly things can turn in the GameFi space, especially when security incidents aren't handled transparently. The whole situation highlights why due diligence matters so much when investing in blockchain projects.
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