Korea's FSC confirms that NFTs will not be regulated

Korea's FSC confirms that NFTs will not be regulated

The recent FATF updated guidance made it easy for regulators to pass on issuing new rules for NFTs. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) in South Korea reaffirmed in a public statement today that nonfungible tokens (NFT) are not virtual assets, and will not be regulated.The confirmation of the decision to keep NFTs unregulated came after a review of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) updated guidelines. The October 28 guidance report from FATF states that “NFT, or crypto-collectibles, depending on their characteristics are generally not considered to be [Virtual Assets].”On....


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