And as we reported earlier, South Korea has implemented a limited trading ban
on anonymous trading accounts.
It seems that with last month's ban
on anonymous trading accounts regulators now feel they have done enough.
It comes just a day after the South Korean government implemented a ban
on anonymous trading accounts.
On Tuesday, federal regulators announced a ban
on anonymous trading accounts beginning Jan. 30.
Not exact matches
Policy
on exchanges: Legal but use of
anonymous bank
accounts for virtual coin
trading is prohibited.
A ban
on anonymous trading took effect
on Jan. 30, after which cryptocurrency transactions must be conducted via
accounts attached to users» identities.
The uncertainty and potential negative regulatory impacts have now been cited as the cause for marketwide sell - offs
on Red Tuesday as well as
on January 30, 2018, when Korean officials began enforcing a January 23, 2018, rule disallowing
anonymous accounts from
trading cryptocurrencies.
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinpia has disabled deposits and suspended
trading on its platform as a result of new legislation against
anonymous accounts, according to an announcement
on its website.
On Dec. 28, the South Korean government announced its plans to ban the use of
anonymous virtual
accounts for cryptocurrency
trading in an effort to «curb virtual currency speculation», local news agency Yonhap reported.
First,
on Jan. 23 South Korea's financial regulator set a date for the introduction of a new rule barring
anonymous cryptocurrency
trading accounts.
The new regulations banning
anonymous accounts should make it harder for the North to turn a profit
on cryptocurrency
trading.
Since last week, a wave of controversy has arisen in South Korea over the government's attempts to more strictly regulate crypto markets, like the banning of the use of
anonymous virtual
accounts connected to crypto exchanges, forbidding underage citizens and foreigners to invest in crypto markets, and falsey announcing a total blanket ban
on cryptocurrency
trading.
South Korean policymakers have taken some measures, such as banning cryptocurrency
trading from
anonymous accounts and they also plan to implement a tax
on the digital assets.
As reported earlier in January, South Korea moved to enforce its ban
on anonymous bank
accounts used in cryptocurrency
trading on January 30.
The vice chairman of the Financial Services Commission, Kim Yong - beom announced several measures that would «ban
anonymous trading on domestic exchanges, while foreigners and minors would be completely banned from
trading through cryptocurrency
accounts.
The government's ban
on using
anonymous accounts, effectively a mandate that exchange providers perform know - your - customer (KYC) due diligence, is seen as the latest move to curb the
trading activity around cryptocurrencies in the country.
Korea's financial regulator announced
on Tuesday that the government will support «normal transactions, The Korea Herald reports, some three weeks after it banned
trading via
anonymous accounts.
The South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) has issued swift bans
on new
trading accounts on domestic exchanges, and has barred anyone from opening
anonymous trading accounts.
Korean officials rounded off the month of January by announcing
on January 23, 2018, that
anonymous accounts would be banned from
trading cryptocurrencies as of January 30, 2018.
South Korea's financial watchdog has set a deadline for the ban
on anonymous cryptocurrency
trading accounts within the country.
For now,
anonymous traders can continue
trading virtual currency using their cryptocurrency holdings
on virtual
accounts.