Sucharitakul also revealed that the TSEC would be in charge of overseeing the regulation of
the crypto market in the country.
It remains to be seen what the future holds for
the crypto market in the country, but the prospects appear bleak at best.
As reported on Dec. 25, South Korea set up a task force to create legislation for the rapidly growing
crypto market in the country.
Not exact matches
We can also see the value
in the use of Bitcoin (and other
crypto currencies) as an alternative to traditional currencies, particularly
in countries or
markets where there is little faith
in the stability of the currency or where there are significant transactional restrictions
in place.
With electricity demand from
crypto miners set to exceed that from electric vehicles
in coming years, the hunt for new
markets is narrowing to Canada and a handful of Nordic
countries, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Elchin Mammadov said
in a report.
South Korea has also been causing some concern
in the
markets as a result of rumors related to the potential banning of all
crypto trading
in the
country.
In the later part of 2017,
countries such as China and India both major
markets for digital currencies made extensive moves to ban exchanges and ICO's while Japan and the U.S. both struggle with creating a regulatory balance that allows exchanges to do business while controlling fraud and
crypto related criminal activity.
And although there was some
market clamor
in September when China banned initial coin offerings (ICOs) and moved to shut down
crypto exchanges
in the
country, the
market for cryptocurrency trading has diversified significantly, and as such, the
markets took far less time to recover.
The alleged insider trading is said to have occurred prior to Korean regulators announcing new rules on cryptocurrency trading
in the
country - a move that has been, at least
in part, linked to the recent slump
in prices across the
crypto markets.
Thailand joins the US, Japan, and other
countries in levying stricter controls on the
crypto market.
Bitcoin is up more than 8 % Wednesday morning, mirroring the broader cryptocurrency
market, after the South Korean government appeared to backpedal on its reported plans to ban
crypto mining and exchanges
in the
country.
To make things worse for an already volatile
market, India's finance minister Arun Jaitley, also said that the
country's government «does not consider cryptocurrencies legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate use of these
crypto assets
in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payment system.»
With the United States and South Korea, Japan integrates the top three podium of
countries with the most activity
in the
crypto market.
From investing
in other cryptocurrencies to easy and transparent access to web shops, the
crypto - globalization of the Kuna would pop the isolated bubble Croatia has been
in for so long, and push the
country into the global
market for real.
Yeon's positive comments about Blockchain and cryptocurrencies come after a period of harsher restrictions on
crypto investing and exchanges
in South Korea, with the
country's ban on anonymous trading of cryptocurrencies and a false scare of an overall
crypto ban making the
markets dip.
In December 2017, crypto markets reacted to confusion regarding a rumored full ban on cryptocurrencies in the countr
In December 2017,
crypto markets reacted to confusion regarding a rumored full ban on cryptocurrencies
in the countr
in the
country.
The entire drama
in the
crypto -
market boils down to the regulation threat imposed by South Korea, China and other
countries that attempted to follow their footsteps.
For instance, South Korean authorities announced upcoming rules yesterday to ban anonymous cryptocurrency trading
in the
country, now among the largest
crypto - trading
markets in the world.
According to Representative Park, Upbit is now the largest
crypto exchange
in the
country with a
market share of 52.9 %, based on data over 6 days of last week.
The alleged insider trading is said to have occurred prior to Korean regulators announcing new rules on cryptocurrency trading
in the
country — a move that has been, at least
in part, linked to the recent slump
in prices across the
crypto markets.
Chinese investors flooded the cryptocurrency
market in other
crypto friendlier
countries like South Korea and India.
Among all the
countries surveyed, only Indonesia had a higher percentage of respondents — 74 percent — who were bullish about bitcoin and the
crypto market in general.
In a chat with CNBC, the official said that the bitcoin payment processing company's alliance with the heavyweight crypto exchange is in a bid to leverage the $ 200 billion remittance market by processing payments between South Korea and the western countrie
In a chat with CNBC, the official said that the bitcoin payment processing company's alliance with the heavyweight
crypto exchange is
in a bid to leverage the $ 200 billion remittance market by processing payments between South Korea and the western countrie
in a bid to leverage the $ 200 billion remittance
market by processing payments between South Korea and the western
countries.
Bad news awaits the Chinese blockchain community as regulators
in the
country expect to announce a further crackdown on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to stamp out speculation
in the
crypto market.
The global cryptocurrency
market is down nearly $ 100 billion following news that South Korea, one of cryptocurrency's biggest
markets, is considering a ban on all
crypto trading
in the
country.