Dunamu, Seoul Partner on Youth Financial Education, Broaden Digital-Asset Curriculum

Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to provide economic and financial education for young people and broaden their understanding of digital assets.

Dunamu said July 10 that it signed the agreement on July 9 at the Korea Press Center in Seoul. The partnership is designed to strengthen young people's economic and financial capabilities and promote a sound understanding of digital assets. Attendees at the signing ceremony included Yoon Sun-joo, Dunamu's chief brand impact officer, and Kim Cheol-hee, director general of Seoul's Youth Future Planning Office.

The two sides plan to create a financial education model for young people by combining Dunamu's digital-asset and future-finance educational content with Seoul's youth policy infrastructure. The program will go beyond investment education to cover asset building, financial fraud prevention, rational spending habits and the future financial environment.

Beginning in August, they will offer "Upclass Education" at youth centers across Seoul. The curriculum will include the basics of Bitcoin and blockchain, digital-asset fraud prevention, digital-asset investment methods, stablecoins and real-world assets, or RWAs, along with broader topics across the digital-asset ecosystem.

The two sides also plan to jointly host a youth participation event tentatively titled the Youth Finance Golden Bell. The event will feature quizzes on economics and finance, artificial intelligence and digital finance, and will be open to both pre-registered participants and walk-in visitors.

"Establishing sound financial values during youth has an important impact on building assets over a lifetime," Yoon said. Dunamu will work with the Seoul city government to help young people develop the ability to make their own judgments and act independently in a changing financial environment, she added.

Kim said digital finance would be an important field in the future society young people will live in. He added that Seoul would continue to expand practical financial education for young people in cooperation with Dunamu so they can respond proactively to a changing environment.