While the market recovered shortly after the cryptocurrency
trading ban rumors were refuted by the South Korean government and the Blue House, the executive office of President Moon Jae - in, on Jan. 12, the market suffered another major correction this weekend.
Not exact matches
South Korea has also been causing some concern in the markets as a result of
rumors related to the potential
banning of all crypto
trading in the country.
Meanwhile, the
rumors on the possible crypto -
trading ban were dismissed by the administration of the president of South Korea.
Tighter Cryptocurrency Regulations The South Korean government was the cause of major turmoil in the global cryptocurrency market as
rumors spread that they were planning to
ban cryptocurrency
trading across the country.
However, these
rumors are less convincing than the ones that preceded the ICO and
trading bans.
Before the market could rebalance,
rumors started trickling out of South Korea about a China - like cryptocurrency
trading ban.
The South Korean government was the cause of major turmoil in the global cryptocurrency market as
rumors spread that they were planning to
ban cryptocurrency
trading across the country.
Broker - based OTC
trades are typically high - volume in nature, so the effect of the
rumored ban would be to shut out regular Chinese bitcoin users, by making it impossible for them to buy or sell the virtual currency.
There have been large spread
rumors about the government of South Korea imposing a complete
ban on crypto
trading.
South Korea's finance minister Kim Dong - yeon silenced persistent
rumors of a potential government - enforced crypto
trading ban in a statement released today, according to Reuters.
The growth might be caused by
rumors about possible Chinese bitcoin
trading ban lift.
In late January, South Korea's finance minister Kim Dong - yeon silenced persistent
rumors of a potential government - enforced crypto
trading ban.
The head of South Korea's financial regulator and watchdog has now confirmed the government will support cryptocurrency
trading while encouraging banks to facilitate transactions with exchanges, effectively killing any fears of a
rumored ban.
After a mass panic sale triggered by similar statements in South Korea, their Minister of Finance Kim Dong - Yeon reiterated that South Korean media published a
rumor that the government intends to
ban cryptocurrency
trading on exchanges.
Shortly after
rumors started to circulate and the media began to report about the false cryptocurrency
trading ban, Arun Jaitley, the finance minister of India, clarified on national television that the government will not
ban cryptocurrency
trading.
Earlier this month, unconfirmed
rumors and FUD around the possibility of a cryptocurrency
trading ban circulated within the Indian market.
The Japanese Financial Services Agency has had some issues with Binance as there is a
rumor that the Japanese are planning on putting a
ban on Binance, which probably caused the market confusion and panic during a couple of days of the initial recovery when the majority of coins started to
trade in the red again.
Meanwhile, the Indian government put all
rumors to rest after confirming that it had no plans to
ban cryptocurrency
trading.
The increase in exchanges looking to South Korea as a center of operations halts
rumors of an imminent
trading ban by the South Korean government.