Korea Joongang Daily added, «Shinhan Bank notified
major local cryptocurrency exchanges such as Bithumb and Korbit that they should come up with measures to get rid of existing anonymous accounts.»
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A
major bank in Thailand has reportedly terminated the bank account of a
local cryptocurrency exchange, following an announcement by the central bank prohibiting financial institutions from...
Back in September, the financial regulatory bodies in China had a
major crackdown on ICOs and
cryptocurrency trading by asking all the
local exchanges to shut down their operations with immediate effect.
Following the
major crackdown on the country's
local Bitcoin
exchanges in China, the global market sentiment has absolutely turned negative and a bit of panic and fear is being witnessed within the investor community.Panic selling is being witnessed in the
cryptocurrency markets where Bitcoin price finally drops below $ 3000.
The
cryptocurrency markets witnessed a
major correction owing to two main reasons: first is the negative statement by Wall Street's one of the most powerful men and JP Morgan boss — Jamie Dimon on Bitcoin, and other because of Chinese regulatory bodies cracking - the - whip on its
local cryptocurrency exchanges.
On January 31,
local cryptocurrency exchanges are expected to open account registrations to new users and six
major local banks are set to provide banking services to
cryptocurrency exchanges.
Regulation Another
major Thai bank is reportedly terminating transactions involving
cryptocurrencies through the bank accounts of a
local crypto
exchange.
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.
However, since then, six
major South Korean banks have provided support to
local exchanges, KFIU has started to regulate the market and the government has begun to consider
cryptocurrency businesses as legitimate financial service providers.
Last month, on December 14, CCN reported that the South Korean government released four
major regulations to better regulate and foster the
local cryptocurrency exchange market.
Six
major South Korean banks including Shinhan Bank, the second largest bank in the country, will officially begin providing
local cryptocurrency exchanges with virtual bank accounts.
Last week,
major cryptocurrency exchanges in the
local market including Korbit and Bithumb announced that starting Jan. 30, anonymous traders will be prohibited from investing in the market.