The Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced that it is ready to conduct inspections
of national cryptocurrency exchanges in order to evaluate their security measures aimed at protecting customers» funds.
A member of China's top political advisory board has proposed the creation
of a national cryptocurrency exchange and other regulatory systems at one of the two annual sessions of China's top legislative and advisory bodies, local news outlet Lie Yun Wang reported on March 3.
Not exact matches
Russian
nationals identified in a Justice Department indictment released Friday used
cryptocurrency exchanges as part
of an alleged scheme to mislead U.S. citizens leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
South Korea's
National Tax Service is investigating two
of the country's most prominent
cryptocurrency exchanges, Bithumb and Coinone.
Other reports
of a verbal order from the Shanghai Financial Service Office come from a translated story featured on Yicai, a Chinese media group, which indicates that, sometime in the evening on September 13, the
National Internet Finance Association
of China made an issuance decrying the legality
of cryptocurrency exchanges.
The chairman
of the
National Bank
of Kazakhstan told Sputnik News it is seeking an all - encompassing ban on
cryptocurrency exchanges and mining.
«In light
of the CFTC and the [
National Futures Association]'s public statements regarding the riskiness
of the underlying
cryptocurrency products, we believe that the launch
of new
exchange - traded derivatives in
cryptocurrencies deserves a healthy dialogue between regulators,
exchanges, clearinghouses and the clearing firms who will be absorbing the risk
of these volatile, emerging instruments during a default,» Lukken said.
Around $ 6.2 million - worth
of cryptocurrency was hacked from
exchange accounts and wallet services in 2017, Japan's
National Police Agency says.
These draft instructions have also been leaked (translation) but have so far not been verified for authenticity.The content
of the leaked documents is also consistent with warnings issued by a Chinese quasi-regulatory body — the
National Internet Finance Association
of China (NIFA)-- regarding
cryptocurrency trading, published shortly before
exchanges announced that they would be shutting down.
A member
of China's leading political advisory body recommended not to hinder the development
of cryptocurrency market, but rather introduce regulatory measures and establish a
national cryptocurrency exchange.
Around $ 6.2 million - worth
of cryptocurrency was hacked from
exchange accounts and wallet services in 2017, Japan's
National Police Agency says.
The chairman
of the
National Bank
of Kazakhstan told Sputnik News it is seeking an all - encompassing ban on
cryptocurrency exchanges and mining.
According to Reuters, officials from the
National Tax Service raided the offices
of both local
cryptocurrency exchange Coinone and Bithumb, which is the second largest virtual currency operator in the country.
National Internet Finance Association
of China Issues Strict Warnings to local
Cryptocurrency Exchange Bodies The Bitcoin market has been witnessing a lot
of volatility owing to speculations
of China planning to shut down local Bitcoin
exchanges in the country.
The financial regulator
of Japan has announced its plans to inspect
national cryptocurrency exchanges after Coincheck lost $ 530 million in altcoins due to hack attack.
So far, the only attempts to bring it to a halt were in China and South Korea (SK restricted new account creation for a few weeks, but have now allowed them), where
national government ordered the shutdown
of local
cryptocurrency exchanges.
While this model is common, Bisq is one
of the few decentralized
exchanges that lets users buy and sell bitcoins in
exchange for
national fiat currencies as well as alternative
cryptocurrencies.
Earlier, the KCC along with the Ministry
of Science, Technology, and Information and the Korea Internet Development Agency checked the security systems
of 10
national cryptocurrency exchanges.
Chief amongst these is decentralization, which means that the various facets
of cryptocurrency, such as
exchanges, are not constrained by
national borders.
But Japan has taken a different tack, becoming last year the first country to introduce
national - level regulation
of cryptocurrency exchanges.
As per the latest reports published by the
National Police Agency
of the Republic
of Korea (South Korea), it has been confirmed that hacker from other side
of the border have been targeting the local South Korean Bitcoin
Exchanges with multiple attempts to steal the
cryptocurrency.
At the same time, US regulators at
national level in the form
of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) continue to urge caution on ICOs and similar offerings in the
cryptocurrency industry.
In a public statement published on Jan 26, the
National Internet Finance Association (NIFA) writes that, after China issued a ban on ICOs last September and ordered closure
of cryptocurrency exchanges, it has seen investors moving their funds to overseas platforms.
The content
of the leaked documents is also consistent with warnings issued by a Chinese quasi-regulatory body — the
National Internet Finance Association
of China (NIFA)-- regarding
cryptocurrency trading, published shortly before
exchanges announced that they would be shutting down.
The New Zealand
cryptocurrency exchange BitNZ has announced it is closing down soon due to
national banks cancelling accounts
of bitcoin traders.
Paul Drum, a member
of the
National Tax Liaison Group said that this move is a «watershed moment for the ATO» and would «[enable] them to access and thoroughly review
cryptocurrency exchange account data for the first time:»
Chinese bitcoin
exchange CHBTC today announced that in order to execute new requirements and regulations
of the
national anti-money laundering rules for
cryptocurrency exchanges, the CHBTC platform has upgraded their user real - name authentication system.
However, at the beginning
of 2017, the country's central bank stopped mainland
exchanges from trading
cryptocurrencies with the
national tender the renminbi.
The
National Intelligence Agency
of South Korea claims that North Korean hackers could be the ones who attacked the Japanese
cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and stole $ 523 million in NEM coins.
On Monday, South Korean parliamentarian Kim Byung - kee said that the
National Intelligence Service suspects North Korea
of stealing millions
of dollars from South Korean
cryptocurrency exchanges last year.
Featured The South Korean
National Pension Fund has been indirectly investing billions
of won in
cryptocurrency exchanges such as Upbit, Bithumb, and Korbit.