South Korea ‘Speeding Up’ Crypto Efforts: FSC To Issue Institutional Investme...
South Korea’s financial authority has announced it will issue clear and comprehensive guidelines for intuitional crypto investment in the coming months. This move follows the Korean government’s efforts to speed up its regulatory shift toward the digital asset industry. Related Reading: Senator Lummis To Reintroduce The ‘Bitcoin Act’ For 1 Million BTC Purchase South Korea’s […]
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Lee Jae-myung, nominated by the ruling party in South Korea for the upcoming presidential elections this spring, is preparing to raise funds in cryptocurrencies and issue non-fungible tokens for supporters. His campaign hopes that the initiative will woo young and tech-savvy Korean voters whose interest in digital assets is growing.
Ruling Party of South Korea to Collect Crypto Funds for Presidential Bid
The Democratic Party of Korea, the country’s leading political force, is going to raise election funds through cryptocurrency and issue receipts to donors in the form of....
The FSC will reportedly “make institutional supplements that will take a balanced approach to blockchain development, investor protection and market stability" on bills proposed. The chair of South Korea’s Financial Services Commission said the regulator plans to expedite its review of 13 bills pending in the country’s National Assembly related to digital assets.According to a Thursday report from South Korean news outlet Edaily, Financial Services Commission chair Kim Joo-hyun said a task force consisting of private experts and government ministries will “quickly” review proposed....
South Korea is making efforts to prepare “Systematic Groundwork” for the spread of digital currency. According to South Korea’s Yonhap agency, the country recently hosted the 12th Fintech Center Demo Day event, where Yim Jong-yong, chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), declared that the South Korean government would also offer $2.65 bln in financial support over the next 3 years for the development of the fintech sector. Cointelegraph has already reported new Bitcoin centric developments in South Korea recently and how things are changing fast in Korea in sync with....
Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding virtual asset taxation in the country, South Korea’s Financial Authority recently proclaimed non-fungible tokens (NFT) as taxable. On Tuesday, The Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea, announced that it would start taxing NFTs. According to The Korea Herald, from January next year, this tax law amendment would impose a […]
Indonesia and South Korea are thinking about joining forces in an attempt to boost the FinTech industry to help the burgeoning sector in both countries, reports The Jakarta Post. Last month South Korea announced that it is going to introduce bitcoin regulations in 2017 as digital currencies continue to grow in the country. According to the report, bitcoin adoption has increased significantly in South Korea, amounting to 1.5 trillion won in transactions. It was recently reported that the South Korean government was pushing ahead with the system expansion of digital currency to promote the....