Bitcoin slumped to its lowest level since Christmas day as South Korea's justice minister reiterated his proposal to
ban local cryptocurrency exchanges, fueling concern a state crackdown will erode demand for digital coins in one of the world's biggest markets.
Bitcoin slumped as South Korea's justice minister reiterated his proposal to
ban local cryptocurrency exchanges, fueling concern that a government crackdown will erode one of the world's biggest sources of demand for digital currencies.
Thanks to a surge in optimism surrounding the cryptocurrency, the price of bitcoin shot as high as $ 5,855 early Friday, up 96 % since news that China was
banning local cryptocurrency exchanges broke mid-September.
Not exact matches
DUBAI, April 28 - Iran has developed an experimental
local cryptocurrency, a government minister said on Saturday, days after the country's central bank
banned trading in digital currencies including bitcoin.
Even if Korean lawmakers push forward with an exchange
ban,
local investors are likely to find ways to keep buying
cryptocurrencies, said Mike Kayamori, head of Tokyo - based exchange Quoine, which counts Koreans among its customers.
The issuance of new
cryptocurrencies, which were
banned in South Korea six months ago, has returned to the country via overseas listings for
local trading.
DUBAI (Reuters)- Iran has developed an experimental
local cryptocurrency, a government minister said on Saturday, days after the country's central bank
banned trading in digital currencies including bitcoin.
Seoul To Regulate After «Sufficient Consultation» After the South Korean justice minister caused «confusion and anger» last week by saying the government would
ban cryptocurrency exchanges,
local news media report, the latest statements from Seoul indicate a significant U-turn.
Iran has developed an experimental
local cryptocurrency, a government minister said on Saturday, days after the country's central bank
banned trading in digital currencies including bitcoin.
South Korea's government said on Thursday it plans to
ban cryptocurrency trading, sending bitcoin prices plummeting and throwing the virtual coin market into turmoil as the nation's police and tax authorities raided
local exchanges on alleged tax evasion.
Azari - Jahromi then noted that Iran's bitcoin
ban does not mean the country is completely against virtual currencies, and pointed out that the Central Bank's
ban does not cover
local cryptocurrencies.
While China strictly
banned initial coin offerings (ICOs) and
cryptocurrency exchanges platforms and Macau's monetary regulator barred
local firms from providing ICO - related financial services, Hong Kong has emerged as something as an ICO hub.
China's recent
ban on initial coin offering (ICO), a cross-between crowdfunding and initial public offering, has forced
local cryptocurrency exchanges into stricter self - scrutiny about their supervision mechanisms.
Both businesses and individual investors have regained confidence in the
local sector, as a
ban on
cryptocurrency trading is highly unlikely as of now.
Emerging Markets After the Chinese government
banned local bitcoin exchanges from operating in the country some industrious people have begun going abroad to buy the
cryptocurrency and reselling it in China for a premium...
Earlier this month, China issued a blanket
ban on fundraising methods involving token sales, or initial coin offerings (ICOs), and
local cryptocurrency exchanges have indicated they will cease domestic trading following the
ban.
In 2014, Bolivia became the first country in South America to
ban digital currencies like bitcoin, fearing that
cryptocurrencies will diminish the power of the
local currency.
But in September, its central bank
banned initial coin offerings (ICOs) and stopped
cryptocurrency exchanges from serving
local customers.
While the cash - reliant country is facing stern regulations, participants of the
local cryptocurrency industry do not believe India can «
ban»
cryptocurrencies through regulations in the same way China has.
The Bank of Thailand
banned the
local banks which invested or traded
cryptocurrencies.
On Dec. 28, the South Korean government announced its plans to
ban the use of anonymous virtual accounts for
cryptocurrency trading in an effort to «curb virtual currency speculation»,
local news agency Yonhap reported.
Despite sweeping concerns of a
ban on domestic
cryptocurrency exchanges, proposed by Korea's justice ministry, the Korean government quashed such fears today while confirming wider regulatory moves for the
local cryptocurrency ecosystem.
South Korean law enforcement agencies are raiding
local cryptocurrency exchanges to look into tax evasion, while the government is simultaneously considering
banning the trade of virtual currencies there, reports Reuters.
China is also said to be planning a
ban on access to foreign
cryptocurrency exchanges from within its borders, according to a Bloomberg report from earlier this week; the country has already
banned local exchanges.
Seoul To Regulate After «Sufficient Consultation» After the South Korean justice minister caused «confusion and anger» last week by saying the government would
ban cryptocurrency exchanges,
local news media report, the latest statements from Seoul indicate a significant U-turn.
After the South Korean justice minister caused «confusion and anger» last week by saying the government would
ban cryptocurrency exchanges,
local news media report, the latest statements from Seoul indicate a significant U-turn.
China's central bank has revealed plans to escalate its
ban on
cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings (ICOs) by prohibiting
local access to international digital currency platforms.
On March 21,
local cryptocurrency - focused media outlets reported that the NHN funded OKCoin — formerly the biggest
cryptocurrency exchange in China prior to the country's
cryptocurrency trading
ban in 2017 — was to launch OKCoin Korea.
In September, the Chinese government, People's Bank of China (PBoC), and
local financial authorities imposed a nationwide
ban on
cryptocurrency trading platforms, shutting down some of the largest
cryptocurrency trading platforms including OKCoin, Huobi, and BTCC.
Blockstream Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow went so far to say that even if China does
ban bitcoin and its
local exchanges, it will not work on Bitcoin and the
cryptocurrency will continue to sustain its upward trend.
In a press conference, the South Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance told
local reporters that it had first heard of the Ministry of Justice's
cryptocurrency trading
ban through media reports.
After officially refuting the Justice Ministry's
cryptocurrency trading
ban proposal, the South Korean government has allocated significant resources to regulate the
local cryptocurrency market and provide a more stable and robust infrastructure to investors within the market.
The comment by Kim Dong - yeon on Wednesday comes as traders at home and around the world have been spooked by conflicting comments from government officials in South Korea, a major hub for
cryptocurrency trade, that Seoul was planning to
ban local digital coin exchanges.
Starting this week, to counterbalance the mishandling of the false
cryptocurrency trading
ban by the Justice Ministry, the South Korean government and financial authorities have begun to regulate the
local cryptocurrency market and businesses strictly.
Earlier this month, almost immediately after unverified reports about
cryptocurrency trading
ban in India were released,
local cryptocurrency exchanges Zebpay, Coinsecure, and Unocoin, which have over a million users on their platforms, reaffirmed that the government's stance towards the
local cryptocurrency exchange market has not changed, and it remains neutral.
This month, the bank revealed plans to escalate its
ban on
cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings (ICOs) by prohibiting
local access to international digital currency platforms.
India still does not have any regulations over the trading of
cryptocurrencies and they are not
banned by law, but the government has taken a hard stance, and the new move by
local banks was prompted by a statement by Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to curb digital currency trading.
Mass confusion after reports broke that South Korea is planning to
ban cryptocurrency trade in the country,
local reporters call fake news, say «nothing is finalized»
However, South Korea - based Cointelegraph contributor Joseph Young reported on his personal Twitter today, citing
local sources, that the South Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance does not agree with the proposal from the Ministry of Justice to
ban cryptocurrency trade in the country.
As reported by the
local media, the
cryptocurrency trading
ban proposal does not represent the government's belief.
China sent shockwaves — and more than a little panic — through the
cryptocurrency community in September when they instituted a complete
ban on ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) as well as the trading of ICO tokens and
cryptocurrencies on
local exchanges.
The Cointelegraph noted that Justice minister Park Sang - ki, who said earlier this week that the government is working on a bill to
ban Bitcoin trading on domestic exchanges, is at risk of losing his job, as more than 60,000 citizens signed a petition voicing their support of his removal; minister Park is said to have acted independently and without having consulted the
local task force in charge of regulating
cryptocurrencies, or even the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (also a part of the task force that's currently being set up).
Despite the
local ban, many Korean
cryptocurrency users are still participating in international ICOs.
The most popular
cryptocurrency by market capitalization shot down in value to its lowest level since Christmas Day after South Korea's justice minister restated his plan to
ban local...
After the
ban on initial coin offerings and the regulatory moves to shut down
local coin exchanges, the market on
cryptocurrency in China hit a stark decline.