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South Korea established guidance that specifies which types of digital assets will be considered and regulated as securities in the country.In a press release, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) highlighted that digital assets that fit the characteristics laid out in the country’s Capital Markets Act will be treated as securities.
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Binance has returned to the South Korean cryptocurrency market after two years with a “meaningful” investment in a local, licensed crypto exchange. Gopax fell into trouble following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and the bankruptcy filing of crypto lender Genesis Global. Binance Invests in Troubled Korean Crypto Exchange Cryptocurrency exchange Binance
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South Korean prosecutors had sought the arrest of Jong-Hyun last week along with two other executives – including his younger sister, Kang Ji-Yeon, the CEO of two publicly traded Bithumb affiliates, Inbiogen and Bucket Studio, according to local reports. Source
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South Korean prosecutors had sought Kang's arrest last week along with two other executives including his younger sister, Kang Ji-Yeon, the CEO of two publicly traded Bithumb affiliates, Inbiogen (101140) and Bucket Studio (066410), according to local reports. Source
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The South Korean government will adopt a cryptocurrency tracking system within the first half of this year, the country’s Ministry of Justice reportedly announced. The tracking system will be used to monitor and analyze crypto transactions, particularly to uncover the sources of illegal funds. South Korea to Start Tracking Crypto Transactions
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North Korean exploiters behind the Harmony Bridge attack continue to launder the funds stolen in June 2022. According to on-chain data revealed on Jan. 28 by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT, the perpetrators moved another $27.18 million in Ethereum (ETH) over the weekend.The tokens were transferred to six different crypto exchanges, noted
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Prosecutors are investigating transactions related to a specific person or entity moving the price of the coin to make a profit, they said. They plan to examine transaction details at other exchanges where the coin is listed, according to the report. Source
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One promise on which President Yoon has been able to deliver, however, is the legalization of securities tokens, which are blockchain-based digital forms of traditional securities. On Jan. 19, FSC Chairman Kim Joo-Hyun announced that security token offerings (STO) had officially been legalized in South Korea. Source
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Bithumb CEO Kang Ji-Yeon and two other executives are facing charges of embezzlement, breach of trust, and conducting fraudulent illegal transactions.On Wednesday, January 25, a Korean news publication reported that South Korean prosecutors are seeking the arrest of the chairman and owner of crypto exchange Bithumb Kang Jong-Hyun.Kang along with
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Kang and two other executives – including his younger sister, Kang Ji-Yeon, the CEO of two publicly-traded Bithumb affiliates, Inbiogen and Bucket Studio – were charged by the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office with embezzlement, breach of trust, and fraudulent illegal transactions, according to local reports. Source
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