Regulation The case against the South Korean government
over cryptocurrency regulations filed with the Constitutional Court has been referred to the Supreme Court.
Not exact matches
With news of Google banning
cryptocurrency - related ads and the International Monetary Fund advising increased
regulation on the asset, the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple continued their slide Thursday, wiping out about $ 499.2 billion of the market value of
over 1,500
cryptocurrencies since their collective all - time high in early January.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group said last week that it wanted to start trading bitcoin futures — a move that appeared to give the
cryptocurrency greater legitimacy, but that also prompted some to express fears
over the implications of bitcoin derivatives, given the low level of
regulation in the market.
Le Maire's call for G20 nations to join together in comprehensive talks
over bitcoin, and
cryptocurrency more broadly, echoed recent sentiments from Joachim Wuermeling, a board member at Bundesbank in Germany, who had previously stated, «Effective
regulation of virtual currencies would therefore only be achievable through the greatest possible international cooperation, because the regulatory power of nation states is obviously limited.»
The first is that we all collectively expect a veritable tidal wave of
regulation for cryptos — the report reckons that 62 % of financial professionals interviewed expect a dramatic increase in the level of
regulation around
cryptocurrencies over the next 24 months.
However, only the USA all
over the world has introduced
cryptocurrency legislative
regulation.
This incident, and subsequent action from the regulators, added to the ongoing pressures to introduce
regulation into the
cryptocurrency space; assuming that we haven't seen a bubble burst, it was one of the major contributing factors to the fear, uncertainty and doubt that has seen a
cryptocurrency crash and an ongoing bear market, prices having fallen
over 70 % from all - time highs set in December 2017 and January 2018.
Chinese flag waves
over a river in northern China, where regulators are taking a tough stance on
cryptocurrency regulation.
Because in April 2017, A US federal judge ruled that
cryptocurrency is exempt from
regulation due to an obscure law passed
over 40 years ago.
The RBI stand hits India's
cryptocurrency market hard especially now that the market is facing harsh
regulations the world
over.
The SEC is conducting an investigation
over certain questionable practices in the
cryptocurrency industry which will likely lead to a tightening of
regulations
The British government for example is planning to bring forth strict
cryptocurrency regulations for getting an upper hand
over the same.
Different countries all
over the world are starting to impose restrictions and
regulations to the ICO and
cryptocurrency markets.
The entire
cryptocurrency market cap went from a high of $ 152 billion at the start of the week to a low of $ 97 billion on Thursday which saw
over $ 50 billion in value evaporate from the market amid more Chinese
regulation and controversial statements from the JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon.
At a press conference in Tokyo, she applauded the three Asian countries for keeping tabs on
cryptocurrency trading, stating, «We feel very strongly that we need to have this kind of
regulation all
over the world.»
The FSC believes that the cut in the
regulations on
cryptocurrencies by the authorities may lead to more jobs as well as lower service charges, giving examples of fintech business improvements like offering customers the opportunity to buy investments
over video chat and using crowdfunding for small businesses.
There is fear among people
over uncertainty of
regulation and that is the reason they are holding back,» Nischal Shetty, founder and CEO of WazirX, another Indian
cryptocurrency exchange, told Quartz.
This has not been helped by tightening
regulation by governments all
over the world and has caused many financial experts to question the future of
cryptocurrencies.
Under new
regulations, banks are required to report «suspicious transactions» to the FIU should a
cryptocurrency investor transfer
over KRW 10 million (USD 9351) a day (or
over KRW 20 million a week) from a
cryptocurrency exchange.
Seoul - based law firm Anguk Law Offices announced Tuesday that it had filed a constitutional appeal on Dec 30
over the South Korean government's recent
cryptocurrency trading
regulations, calling them an «infringement of property rights», The Korea Times reports.
Mr. Kanungo stressed that governments the world
over are also struggling with
cryptocurrency regulation, and ignoring them could impact financial stability.
Cryptocurrencies have exhibited unusual stability
over the past three weeks, as investors continue to feel their way through a complex system of
regulations, technical data and sentiment...
Given that a hacker stole
over $ 500 million in
cryptocurrency from the Tokyo based exchange Coincheck, many countries have decided to begin putting
regulation into the market to help avoid this from happening even further.
Russia certainly hasn't wasted time moving to establish formal
regulation of the use of
cryptocurrency in the country
over the past year.
As Indian authorities continue to be perfectly ambiguous
over guidelines or
regulations for
cryptocurrency adopters and the industry respectively — bitcoin and
cryptocurrencies are neither legal nor illegal, nor regulated in India — the country's official taxation department is perfectly clear on its foray to collect taxes from individuals in the country.
Bitcoin
regulations may be on the way as the US Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to meet with top market regulators in February
over cryptocurrency.
Commentators have been blaming fears of
regulation, cooling interest from Asia, and fears
over the role
cryptocurrency Tether plays in the bitcoin market.
Concerns
over regulation, an advertising ban from Facebook, and investigations into the
cryptocurrency Tether have all hurt sentiment.
In an interview with CNN last week, Zuckerberg even suggested that Facebook could benefit from
regulation — an issue that is hanging heavily
over cryptocurrencies and ICOs this year:
The latest drop is largely attributed to fears
over pending South Korean
regulations governing
cryptocurrency.
Saudi Arabia's partnership with the virtual currency company comes after Gulf regulators have expressed concerns
over Bitcoin and the
cryptocurrency market's lack of
regulation.
Regulation Cryptocurrency users in India are using the internet to voice their protest
over a recent crackdown by the country's central bank.
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Macron «triggered by Bitcoin» at Davos: «I am in favor of the IMF having full competence
over the whole areas that escape
regulation: bitcoin,
cryptocurrencies, shadow banking -LSB-...] which can trigger crises.»
The government issued the
regulations in response to the country's rapidly growing
cryptocurrency trading
over the last few months.
Following the recent
regulations by the South Korean government,
cryptocurrency traders were mandated to use their real names in trading, the country is already seeing some crypto traders adhere to this new trading law with
over 8 % of S.Korean crypto accounts already converted to real name bank deposit accounts.
Bitcoin acceptance in political rallies and election campaigns show that the politicians are increasingly becoming open to the use of Bitcoin and other
cryptocurrencies, which could bear a positive effect
over the government policies and
regulations once they get into power.
India still does not have any
regulations over the trading of
cryptocurrencies and they are not banned by law, but the government has taken a hard stance, and the new move by local banks was prompted by a statement by Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to curb digital currency trading.
Yoo expressed his concerns
over the strict
regulations the South Korean government plans to implement, given that harsh
regulations can restrict the exponential growth rate of the South Korean
cryptocurrency market.
The incident saw Japan's finance minister, a notable critic of excessive
regulation of the
cryptocurrency sector, urge Japanese regulators to wield better supervision
over cryptocurrency exchanges.
The U.S. derivatives regulator has faced criticism
over its handling of
cryptocurrency regulation, with some investors and industry groups arguing that more needs to be done to protect consumers.
The comments come after Giancarlo — who arguably won
over segments of the
cryptocurrency community by declaring that, without bitcoin, «there would be no distributed ledger technology» — urged for a balanced approach to
regulation when speaking before the Senate committee last week.
Over the next few weeks, the global Bitcoin exchange market will stabilize, as traders move from the Chinese market to South Korea and Japan, two markets that have developed significantly more efficient
regulations, industry standards and policies for both
cryptocurrency exchanges and users.
If leading
cryptocurrency businesses continue to move out of Asia due to impractical
regulations to Europe, it could lead to Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong losing their dominance
over the global market, and could trigger competition amongst global economies to house
cryptocurrency businesses.