Furthermore, the FSA adds it will continue its scrutiny of cryptocurrency exchanges, with warnings if necessary, in the aftermath of the recent
Coincheck theft.
The news comes days after it was announced that the FSA will conduct on - site inspections at 15 unlicensed cryptocurrency exchanges in light of
the Coincheck theft.
«Beginning March 18, the NEM.io Foundation has disabled the tracking mosaic that was put into place to monitor XEM movements from
the Coincheck theft.
The outlet also reports that, per the president of the Asia Fintech Society, «Regardless of how it plays out,
the Coincheck theft is likely to push policymakers to enforce stricter security requirements at cryptocurrency exchanges.»
Under Australia's current laws, a major hack of a cryptocurrency exchange will be met with similar challenges as those facing the Japanese authorities in the wake of
the Coincheck theft.
The Coincheck theft is just one of many high - profile cryptocurrency heists we've seen in the past few months.
To date, Coincheck has been working to distribute ¥ 46.6 billion ($ 440 million) to the 260,000 customers who lost their holdings of XEM during
the Coincheck theft.
Not exact matches
Coincheck, stung by the
theft of $ 530 million of digital money last month, is expected to file a report with regulators on the hacking.
Coincheck, the virtual exchange hit by the cyberattack, said it would refund customers following the
theft.
Japan's Financial Services Agency surprised the operators of
Coincheck with an unannounced visit to the cryptocurrency exchange's office, and said that it had warned the firm to beef up its security measures in advance of the
theft of over 500 NEM tokens in January.
Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA), which had instructed
Coincheck to beef up security measures prior to the
theft, is still reviewing
Coincheck's application for licensure, as it had been at the time of the heist.
On the first day that the cryptocurrency exchange
Coincheck allowed its customers to withdraw fiat money from the platform since a major
theft last month, users took out a staggering sum of over 40 billion yen.
According to McDonald, the vulnerability that made the
theft possible had to do with
Coincheck's decision to keep the NEM tokens in a hot wallet, which is effectively a storage mechanism connected to the internet.
Japanese digital currency exchange
Coincheck has announced plans to compensate hundreds of thousands of traders exposed to the recent
theft of NEM (XEM) cryptocurrency.
Though some media outlets have reported the
theft as the greatest in the history of cryptocurrency, the value at press time of the 650,000 bitcoin (a conservative estimate) that were stolen from the MtGox exchange, which was headquartered in the same Tokyo neighborhood as
Coincheck, totaled over $ 7 billion.
In a massive January 26
theft, somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 million NEM tokens were stolen from the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange
Coincheck.
Following one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchange
thefts in history,
Coincheck in Japan has gone into full damage control mode, releasing periodic statements about when customers would be allowed to withdraw their yen from the exchange.
In January, the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange
Coincheck was hacked in what has been described as the biggest digital currency
theft in history, affecting 260,000 customers.
While
Coincheck did have this significant loss as a result of
theft, the acquisition by Monex Group will only be a good thing going forward with their involvement in the blockchain space.
Two Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges are reportedly quitting their operations amid tighter oversight from authorities following the
Coincheck hack, which saw the
theft of $ 530 million in January.
Dear NEM Community, On behalf of the NEM.io Foundation, we want to thank you for your ongoing support since January 26, when the
Coincheck exchange was a victim of
theft.
Coincheck announced Saturday that 260,000 XEM holders were affected by the
theft.
Japanese online brokerage firm Monex Group Inc said on Tuesday it was considering buying
Coincheck Inc, the cryptocurrency exchange hit by a high - profile $ 530 million
theft of digital...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has deployed about 100 police officers to analyze records of suspicious access to the
Coincheck server and possible connections with the NEM
theft.
Monex Group Inc, a Japan - based online broker announced on Tuesday that it was considering buying
Coincheck Inc, a local cryptocurrency exchange which lost $ 530 million in a high — profile
theft earlier this year.
There has also been the incidence of hacks on exchanges, the latest being the
theft of roughly $ 532.9 million in digital money from Tokyo - based cryptocurrency exchange
Coincheck a few weeks ago.
Japanese authorities have cast a severe look at cryptocurrency exchanges after last week's
theft of $ 530 million from
Coincheck.
In recent months, the FSA has been clamping down on cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan following the January hack at Tokyo - based exchange
Coincheck, resulting in the
theft of $ 530 million worth of NEM.
Japan's Financial Services Agency on Friday ordered two cryptocurrency exchanges to suspend business for two months as it cracks down on regulatory lapses following the massive
theft of digital money at Tokyo - based
Coincheck.
Monex has confirmed the takeover of
Coincheck, a cryptocurrency exchange which has struggled after the
theft of $ 530 million in cryptocurrency.
TOKYO (The Japan News / ANN)- The Financial Services Agency is debating whether to allow the registration of quasi-operators of cryptocurrency exchanges, in the wake of the recent massive
theft of digital currency from exchange service provider
Coincheck Inc..
A group of cryptocurrency traders will file a lawsuit against
Coincheck Inc on Thursday over last month's
theft of $ 530 million (# 382 million) in digital money from the Tokyo - based exchange, a lawyer representing the claimants said.
The FSA has been actively stamping out cryptocurrency venues ever since a $ 500 million
theft from Japanese exchange
Coincheck Inc. took place in January.
TOKYO (Sputnik)- Japan's Financial Services Agency launched an inspection of the office of virtual currency exchange
Coincheck in Tokyo after a computer hack that had resulted in the
theft of cryptocurrency, NHK broadcaster reported.
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The half a billion dollar
theft in Japan on the
Coincheck Exchange could be a cautionary tale for Taiwan, which has been looking to possibly fill the cryptocurrency void in Asia following the crackdowns in China and South Korea.
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) has been cracking down on cryptocurrency exchanges in the wake of the $ 533 million
theft of NEM tokens from the
Coincheck wallet earlier this year.
The $ 500 million heist of digital tokens from Japanese exchange
Coincheck Inc. on Friday is remarkable for its sheer size, but
thefts in the lightly regulated world of cryptocurrencies are woefully frequent.
The move comes in the wake of January's $ 532 mln hack of Japanese exchange
Coincheck, dubbed the biggest crypto
theft in history.
This means that the
Coincheck hack was worth close to a fourth of all cryptocurrency
theft by value from 2011 to 2018.
Japanese digital currency exchange
Coincheck has announced plans to compensate hundreds of thousands of traders exposed to the recent
theft of NEM (XEM) cryptocurrency.
Japanese online broker Monex Group Inc said on Tuesday it is considering buying
Coincheck Inc, the local cryptocurrency exchange hit by a high - profile $ 530 million
theft earlier this year.
Following the enormous
theft of 523,000,000 XEM (NEM), Japan based cryptocurrency exchange
Coincheck has announced it will reimburse all impacted investors.
The
Coincheck hack was one of the largest
thefts of cryptocurrency in the world since Mt. Gox, another Tokyo exchange, was brought to its knees by hackers in 2014.
Sources told CNBC that Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) is also planning on potentially ordering
Coincheck to raise its operating standards after the exchange lost $ 530 million of digital currency in a high - profile
theft from hackers.
The
theft comes after
Coincheck applied for a license to operate as a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan.
The Tokyo - based cryptocurrency exchange
Coincheck is reportedly «considering a capital tie - up to strengthen its financial base and regain trust following a massive cryptocurrency
theft from the exchange in a hacking incident about a month ago,» Jiji Press reported, citing an informed source.
The brokerage acknowledged the NEM
theft in its announcement and insists it will build a secure
Coincheck's trading environment for customers by specifically using its own expertise and human resources in business administration, system risk management and customer asset protection systems within the exchange.
Recently, it was notably involved in a
theft, when hackers stole over $ 500 million - worth of the digital asset from Japanese crypto exchange
Coincheck, though prices suffered little as a result.
The NEM Foundation has called off the hunt for the more than 500 million XEM tokens stolen in connection with a record - setting
theft at cryptocurrency exchange
Coincheck, as cybersecurity experts believe most or all of the funds have been laundered by the hackers.