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.
Not exact matches
Local news agency Pulse News has reported that the task
force has been working in coordination with eight other departments including the financial stability and monetary policy units in order to study the impact of
cryptocurrencies.
What do you think about funding
local police
forces with
cryptocurrency, as opposed to raising taxes?
To Debate «Exchange Approval System» As
local news media outlet Business Korea reports Monday, lawmakers from a dedicated «
cryptocurrency task
force» are examining the option of following in the footsteps of New York and Japan in vetting exchange operators before allowing them market entry.
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).