The statement comes shortly after the People's Bank's representative confirmed that the regulator will carry on monitoring the activities of
domestic crypto exchanges.
In a public announcement, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said the penalty is a result of an investigation that the agency conducted from Oct. 10 to Dec. 28 in 2017 across 10
domestic crypto exchanges.
The Chinese authorities have decided to outlaw
domestic crypto exchanges in order to avoid a potential financial crisis.
Japan's Financial Services Agency is halting the operation of two
domestic crypto exchanges while requiring six exchanges to report improvement plans.
Earlier this month, Chinese regulators announced it would ban all ICOs, and later called for
domestic crypto exchanges to halt all trading services for Chinese customers.
There was also a huge speculation about Korean likely to put a China - like ban on crypto trading activities in the country along with the complete shutdown of
domestic crypto exchange.
Not exact matches
Crypto crackdown China, home to the world's biggest community of Bitcoin miners, is cracking down on cryptocurrency activity, haling trade of virtual currencies on
domestic exchanges and banning initial currency offerings.
September was when China issued an all - out war on
crypto, banning
domestic exchanges and initial coin offerings (ICOs).
China's police force isn't just focusing on
domestic crypto activities, they're eyeing overseas
exchange platforms as well, according to reports.
The comment may signal an increasing level of scrutiny down the road by the PBoC over initial coin offerings and trading services that are still available for
domestic investors, even after regulators issued a ban on ICOs and essentially pushed fiat - to -
crypto exchanges out of the
domestic market.
According to the local daily Nikkei, two
crypto exchanges in Japan, Mr.
Exchange and Tokyo GateWay, are withdrawing their applications for approval to launch services for
domestic customers.
Although China has banned Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and both
domestic and foreign
crypto exchanges, its legislation against cryptocurrencies has not prevented the country from supporting Blockchain, the technology behind
crypto.
The Korean government has been trying to restrict
crypto - trading recently, raiding major
exchanges and floating ideas such as bans on
domestic trading.
Last year, the Chinese government made all
domestic ICO (Initial Coin Offering) activity illegal, warned citizens not to participate in foreign ICOs, and ordered all local
crypto exchanges to shut down.
The embracive stance toward blockchain technology is in stark contrast to China's crippling curbs against local cryptocurrency markets which has seen initial coin offerings (ICOs) outlawed and
crypto exchanges phased out to effectively shutter
domestic trading markets.
The trade on the decentralised
crypto marketplace has rocketed after the People's Bank of China issued a warning to
domestic bitcoin
exchanges.
INDODAX, which is based in Bali enables
domestic users to make fiat currency — bitcoin purchases and also
crypto to
crypto exchanges where one can swap Bitcoin for other
crypto coins like Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, Ripple and many others.
Back in early September, Chinese regulators banned initial coin offerings (ICOs) in the country and also subsequently required
domestic exchanges to suspend
crypto - to - fiat currency order - book trading services.
In demonstrating the sheer volume of financial capital backing
domestic exchanges like Korbit, Upbit, Bithumb, and OKCoin, the aforementioned Dunamu company represents just the seventh most valuable South Korean enterprise (by market cap) that has invested in their nation's
crypto exchanges.
This statement was an official response to a news article published earlier on Tuesday by one of Japan's largest news agencies, Nikkei; prompting wild conjecture after having suggested that Monex Group would soon make a splash in the
domestic cryptocurrency space by acquiring Coincheck, the infamous
crypto exchange that closed earlier this year after hackers stole a whopping ~ US$ 534 million worth of NEM (XEM).
Much like
domestic exchanges all around the world,
crypto - OTC trading platforms in that area see intense volumes.