According to South Korean central bank the Bank of Korea (BOK), the outstanding balance of virtual currency accounts in domestic banks totalled $1.79 billion as of Dec. 2017, local news outlet Yonhap reported Friday, July 5.
Against this backdrop, we expect crypto-assets to have a limited impact on the South Korean financial market.”
Notably, the BOK’s data set covered the height of the cryptocurrency markets’ unprecedented growth in late 2017 –– when Bitcoin (BTC) famously hit the $20,000 price point.
Important positive news has been forthcoming from the government throughout spring, notably including plans to lift the country’s blanket ban on domestic Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
Just last week, in a major legitimizing move, three Korean government ministries revealed a draft version of new blockchain industry classification standards, which notably recognized crypto exchanges as regulated financial institutions for the first time.
The cryptocurrency market has seen a decline in the value of Dogecoin (DOGE) as massive amounts of fear, uncertainty, and doubt swept across the market after Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on Friday morning as a result of a bank run and a capital crisis precipitated the second-largest failure of a financial institution in the history […]
JPMorgan recently released a report analyzing the cryptocurrency market in the United States, which could shed light on what is to come in the market in 2023. The bank, which is the largest in the US, has had a conflicting relationship with cryptocurrency, with CEO Jamie Dimon being vocal in his opposition to it, yet the bank has also provided banking services to Coinbase and Gemini.
South Korea’s central bank says crypto poses “insignificant” risks for financial institutions, with domestic banks holding a “not really big” $1.79 bln in crypto at the end of 2017
On 6th July, Swiss Stock Exchange announced its collaboration with Swiss National Bank and FINMA. The initiative of the collaboration is to build a trading platform for the exchanging of digital assets.
SIX, the firm that operates and owns the Swiss stock exchange, has announced plans to launch a fully regulated digital cryptocurrency exchange. The firm says it plans to launch "the first market infrastructure in the world” which will “offer a fully integrated end-to-end trading" while providing a safe environment where digital assets can be issued and existing securities and non-bankable assets can be tokenized.
Ripple has been among the most pragmatic and unconventional blockchain startups in the market. The company has been under fire lately as XRP continues to provoke heated debate about whether it is a security or not, but this hasn’t kept the company from making major moves.
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The EU’s Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies released a report entitled “Virtual currencies and central banks monetary policy: challenges ahead.
Qiwi has strengthened its position as the largest e-payments service provider in Russia, after launching the country’s first crypto investment Bank, HASH. Keying into the booming crypto market, HASH will provide advice to investors and also help interested companies to convert their assets to tokens.
Poland’s cryptocurrency industry lobby group the Polish Bitcoin Association (PBA) confirmed it has complained to regulators about banks’ denial of services to businesses June 27. Banks ‘Aim To Remove Virtual Currency’ In a statement sent to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (OCCP), the PBA cites financial institutions closing and denying bank accounts as proof they “clearly aim at removing virtual currency entities from the market.
Regulation The Polish Bitcoin Association has reportedly appealed to Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (OCCP) to protect the country’s cryptocurrency sector from what it perceives as a growing embargo targeting virtual currency businesses on the part of Polish financial institutions.
An EU report has concluded that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could pave the way towards a more stable financial system due to their ‘disruptive’ ability. It also recognised the opportunities for oppressed countries to use cryptocurrencies, but highlighted the risks of volatility in the crypto market.
USD Tether, the stablecoin which reportedly has 1:1 USD backing through reserve banking, has just printed 250 million USDT tokens. This may be indicative of a deposit of $250 million in USD Tether’s bank accounts.
Now, this intense interest in the country’s virtual currencies space is stoking fears of money laundering from the Russian criminal underground. Pushback Against Illegal Money from Russia According to a report on Politico, Marius Jurgilas – a board member of the Bank of Lithuania – discussed concerns that the Baltic state has with money pouring
The northeastern European country of Lithuania has experienced a boom in cryptocurrency that has been supported by a liberal approach towards regulations in the space. Now, this intense interest in the country’s virtual currencies space is stoking fears of money laundering from the Russian criminal underground.
The Bank of Korea (BOK) on Monday argued against the issue of digital currencies by the central bank in a recent report. The bank said that launching its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) will raise the basic mechanisms of its monetary policy and make open market operations more complex.
Tether Ltd. , which issues a stable coin allegedly tied to U. S. dollar reserves, claims it has hired Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan LLP — a law firm co-founded by FBI Director Louis Freeh — to confirm its bank deposits and assure investors that its cryptocurrency is backed by USD.
It was announced last week that two large Russian banks are building cryptocurrency portfolios for their biggest clients. Under the supervision of Bank of Russia, companies are beginning to offer customers and clients shares in a brand new fund that trades in six of the most popular cryptocurrencies available to trade on the market today.
Following an earlier announcement that South Korea was considering the introduction of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the country’s central bank has since pulled the plug on the idea — with regulatory roadblocks and fears of market destabilization ranking amongst the leading reasons for the recall.
In recent regulatory news, the United States Office of Government Ethics has issued a document advising employees of the U. S. executive branch to disclose their cryptocurrency holdings. In other news, Bank of Korea has rejected the notion of central bank-issued digital currencies, Crypto Finance AG has received licensing from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority […]
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Wall Street yawned yesterday as JPMorgan Chase & Co, the largest American bank, agreed to pay a fine of $65 million dollars for market manipulation. The fine was issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as penalty after discovering that traders had intentionally manipulated exchange rates in the $300-trillion-dollar swap market.
The Metropolitan Commercial Bank, one of the few crypto friendly banks in the US, has referred to its crypto clientele as ‘pioneers’ and are not thinking of parting ways with the industry any time soon.
The Japan Bank Consortium — a coalition of 61 banks in Japan, organized by SBI Ripple Asia — has announced the launch of a new Ripple pilot with Woori Bank and Shinhan Bank, two of South Korea’s largest banks with a collective market capitalization of more than $30 billion.
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), a transnational institution owned by and comprised of central banks that seeks to “fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks,” recently published its quarterly review of “International banking and financial market developments” for June 2018.
London Block Exchange, a leading UK based crypto provider is alleged to be pairing up with a new UK based bank, ClearBank.
ClearBank is the UK’s first modern clearing bank and aims to create new standards for market competition and transparency.
Bittrex announced it is now taking on retail customers trading in US dollars in four states as it has successfully moved through its corporate phase after only two weeks. Bittrex Requiting Retail Clients for USD Market The Seatle based crypto exchange Bittrex which announced that it had secured a deal with Signature Bank allowing it.
There is substantial controversy surrounding Tether, a cryptocurrency that claims to be pegged to the U. S. dollar. According to Tether, each Tether token is backed by one U.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to allow cryptocurrency trading with some level of restrictions. After a rather long wait for the cryptocurrency market in India, the financial regulator and institution; The RBI has announced, according to reports from Congencis, that the government is against the ban of cryptocurrencies in the country.
On Wednesday, roughly 35 billion Korean won (around $31 million) in cryptocurrency was stolen by hackers from the South Korea-based exchange Bithumb. According to a follow-up report from CoinDesk Korea, Bithumb conducted a security enhancement checkup on June 16, just days before the confirmed hack.
