2026-1-9 20:30 |
South Korea’s stablecoin rules are stalled as regulators clash over whether banks or fintechs should issue won-backed tokens.
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The Digital Asset Basic Act is stalled as regulators clash over who should be allowed to issue won-pegged stablecoins, extending uncertainty in one of Asia’s most active crypto markets.
2026-1-2 20:36 | |
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South Korea’s cryptocurrency market is witnessing heightened scrutiny over AI16Z, a token that has recently rebranded as ElizaOS (ELIZAOS) following a contract migration. The South Korean exchange regulator Digital Asset eXchange Alliance (DAXA) has placed AI16Z under a trading alert on Bithumb’s platform, citing concerns over untimely disclosures and a lack of transparency that could […]
2025-12-24 12:59 | |
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South Korean banks are getting ready to issue their own won-based stablecoins amid government's regulatory push.
2025-8-22 21:39 | |
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Eight of South Korea’s leading banks are planning to issue a Won-backed stablecoin. The largest bank in the country has already applied for stablecoin trademarks. The global stablecoinThe post South Korean banks team up to issue Won-backed stablecoin - Details appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2025-6-25 15:00 | |
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Interest in a won-linked stablecoin is growing in South Korea, and the country’s largest commercial banks are joining forces to issue one through a joint initiative. According to a June 25 report from local media Economic Review, eight of South…
2025-6-25 10:31 | |
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Japan will reportedly urge G7 nations to take coordinated action against North Korea’s cryptocurrency thefts at the upcoming summit in Canada. According to local media, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to raise the issue during the G7 meetings scheduled…
2025-6-12 10:52 | |
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Cryptocurrency has emerged as a defining issue in South Korea’s snap presidential election, with candidates vying for support from a growing base of digital asset investors across generations.
2025-5-27 17:47 | |
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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.
2025-3-13 01:30 | |
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The recent Bybit hack is a geopolitical issue rather than a fundamental flaw in cryptocurrency security, according to Crucible Capital’s Meltem Demirors. Speaking on CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” Demirors and TrustedSec CEO David Kennedy linked the attack to North Korea’s Lazarus…
2025-2-27 23:45 | |
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US, Japan, and South Korea issue a joint statement warning the blockchain industry about North Koreas cyberattacks, stealing $650M in 2024. The post US, Japan, and South Korea warn blockchain industry of North Korea’s ongoing cyber threats appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2025-1-14 22:17 | |
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Japan, South Korea, and the US warned the global crypto industry about threats posed by hacks attributed to North Korean actors in a joint statement published on Jan. 14. According to the statement, groups allegedly tied to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are targeting exchanges, crypto custodians, and individual users.
2025-1-14 21:45 | |
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South Korea considers easing restrictions on corporate crypto trading, with plans to gradually issue real-name accounts to institutional investors. South Korea is set to allow corporations to invest in cryptocurrencies as the Financial Services Commission is considering a gradual approach…
2025-1-9 14:01 | |
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South Korea’s Jeju Island, a self-governing tourist hotspot, will reportedly trial NFT tourist cards in a bid to attract the country’s younger generation.
2025-1-7 08:52 | |
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In this week's issue of CoinDesk's weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we've got names, details and anecdotes on crypto companies' unwitting hires of North Korean developers. PLUS month-end rankings for bitcoin, ether and other digital assets in the CoinDesk 20 index during a strangely bullish September.
2024-10-3 20:43 | |
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Malaysia gets out the steamroller as Bitcoin mining stolen electricity issue worsens, Korea’s new ‘exchange closure’ scam. Asia Express
2024-8-23 02:30 | |
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Companies that issue or own crypto will have to make disclosures in their financial statements from next year onwards, say draft rules.
2023-7-12 10:27 | |
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The coming of the Metaverse as a unique virtual experience to complement the physical world comes at a cost. Reports of inappropriate sexual behavior in the South Korean Metaverse ecosystem are becoming rife as it looks to address the issue.…
2022-9-21 14:45 | |
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South Korea has asked Interpol to issue a red alert notice for Terra’s founder Do Kwon, Financial Times reported on Sept 19. The post South Korea upgrades wanted status of Terra founder Do Kwon, asks for red notice appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-9-20 22:15 | |
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Authorities in Singapore confirm that Kwon is no longer in-country, while he maintains that he’s not “on the run.”
2022-9-20 11:40 | |
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The report earlier this week of SK Group's $1.6 billion investment over the next three years on semiconductors and blockchain follows a presidential campaign that made crypto-friendly policies an important issue; major altcoins also decline.
2022-4-1 02:03 | |
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Both candidates made crypto an important issue to attract younger voters. It's not yet clear if the winner, Yoon Suk-yeol, will introduce legislation fulfilling his promises; bitcoin and ether were both in the red.
2022-3-14 01:49 | |
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South Korea’s presidential candidates are locked in a close race and are looking to garner more support in the crypto community via NFTs. The post South Korea’s presidential candidates issue NFTs in latest bid to win votes appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-3-7 22:00 | |
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Lee Jae-myung will also be the world’s first presidential candidate to issue NFTs
2022-1-3 21:47 | |
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CBDCs are not only related to finance but diplomacy as well. With China now incentivizing users to pay with its digital renminbi [RMB] and South Korea also looking into a digital won, Japan has littleThe post Why Japan 'currently has no plan to issue CBDC' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-10-16 14:30 | |
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South Korea’s Shinhan Bank will collaborate with the country’s central bank to issue a Korean Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). According to reports emerging from local South Korean media, The post South Korea's Shinhan Bank collaborates with LG to build CBDC platform appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-3-10 16:45 | |
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South Korea's central bank has issue a book on legal matters that would need to be addressed to ensure the smooth operations and usefulness of a future central bank digital currency.
2021-2-9 14:14 | |
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Major South Korean telecom, SK Telecom, recently revealed that it plans to issue its own cryptocurrency wallet. The wallet will be used for storing and management of digital certificates on the blockchain technology.
2020-10-22 10:28 | |
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ICONLOOP, the South Korean-based blockchain platform, today announced a partnership with Shinhan Bank, Korea’s second-largest commercial bank, to issue KYC compliance certificates through its mobile app Zzeung, which uses ICONLOOP’s blockchain-based decentralized identity (DID) technology.
2020-8-27 23:33 | |
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South Korea-based public blockchain project ICONLOOP (ICON) is poised to receive mainstream attention as according to January 15, 2020, report by Mineable, ICONLOOP’s BROOF platform will be used by Postech University for the issuance of graduation diplomas.
2020-1-16 00:00 | |
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A growing number of governments have responded to Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans including China, France, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, the U. K. , and the U. S. Several intergovernmental organizations have also weighed in such as the European Central Bank and the Bank of International Settlements.
2019-7-11 08:30 | |
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Since ICOs were banned by the government in South Korea, some companies have turned their eyes to other countries such as Switzerland, Singapore, Bibraltar, Malta, Hong Kong, Estonia, the Cayman Islands, and the Virgin Islands, to conduct ICOs.
2019-6-5 18:12 | |
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The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2.
2019-5-25 21:56 | |
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Earlier this week, Wirecard AG reached an agreement with the Japan-based Softbank Group Corporation. The deal states that the bank will invest €900 million in Wirecard through a convertible bond mechanism.
2019-4-27 17:36 | |
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Leading tech company Samsung is said to be developing an Ethereum-based blockchain network with plans to issue its digital token down the line, Coindesk Korea reports April 23, 2019. Samsung Coin Could Be a Reality Citing a person “familiar with Samsung’s internal situation,” Coindesk Korea reported that the tech giant’s blockchain task force is developingRead MoreRead More.
2019-4-25 13:00 | |
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New Korean-based startup ContentsDeal is addressing the issue of copyright infringement by launching a distributed content streaming application with an automated payout system on the blockchain. Additionally, the platform offers sharing of online comics, popular in South Korea, as well as video content.
2019-4-2 09:28 | |
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From March 24, 2019, people wishing to visit North Korea may do so by purchasing ERC-721 visas issued on the Ethereum blockchain by a North Korean dissident group. Future Entry Besides the predominantly commercial use of blockchain, there have been a handful of other less-popular social aspects of its application.
2019-3-22 21:00 | |
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Following an alliance with Morningstar Japan; the creation of CoinDesk Korea; and the launch of Consensus:Singapore; popular cryptocurrency news organization CoinDesk continues its expansion into the Asia-Pacific region.
2019-3-10 20:05 | |
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South Korea’s Central Bank Will Not Issue A Digital Currency Soon The Bank of Korea, which acts as the central bank of the Asian country, has recently affirmed that it would not issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC), a popular idea that many banks are considering at the moment. According to the bank, which […]
2019-1-29 21:20 | |
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South Korea's central bank says there’s no urgent need to issue a central bank digital currency in the near term, but plans to conduct more research
2019-1-30 15:06 | |
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No manipulation here, says exchange Upbit after South Korean authorities issue indictment against three employees
2018-12-22 16:25 | |
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Crypto-hackers are the latest example of technology hackers to hit the mainstream. From South Korea to Great Britain, crypto-hackers have even gone so far as to hold government entities hostage to their bitcoin demands.
2018-12-17 03:37 | |
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New Korean Finance Minister To Tax Cryptos Taxes are currently a very hot issue in Asia. Not only Japan has recently affirmed that it would change the way that it would regulate taxes, but South Korea is also now following the same path as its neighbor.
2018-12-5 23:43 | |
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Centralization in the cryptocurrency has been an ongoing struggle over the past few years. This issue has become apparent in the mining department, but also on the exchange side of things. A recent brief AWS outage in South Korea caused major problems for a lot of domestic trading platforms.
2018-11-23 10:31 | |
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Min Byung-Doo, South Korea's National Policy Committee Chair has called for the creation of a regulatory framework for the legalization of initial coin offerings (ICOs). The Committee Chair said with token sales becoming a global trend he does not want the country to ignore the issue or close the door to ICO completely, reports CoinDesk […]
2018-10-2 21:27 | |
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South Korean Province to Introduce Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain-Based IDs for Employees According to local dailies in South Korea, the eastern province of Gyeongsangbuk-do is in line to issue its own cryptocurrency, open an exchange and push for adoption as payment system within the province.
2018-8-31 22:19 | |
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Emerging cryptocurrency regulations are putting greater scrutiny on exchanges and companies worldwide. Starting August 1, 2018, Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb will no longer issue new virtual accounts due to the failure to renew a banking contract.
2018-8-2 16:00 | |
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ETF’s are back in the news this week with the Winklevoss twins of Gemini getting rejected again, while investment firm Direxion was delayed till September on a final decision.
2018-7-30 18:41 | |
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Days after marking its first-year anniversary, leading exchange Binance is reportedly poised to enter South Korea. Seeing more than $600 million worth of cryptocurrency traded every day, the South Korean market is the fifth-most active in the world.
2018-7-26 20:00 | |
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Security Cryptocurrency analysts are increasingly arguing that the lack of custody services provided by leading players from within the finance industry pose a significant barrier to institutional investors seeking exposure to the cryptocurrency markets.
2018-7-10 10:30 | |
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VanEck projects Bitcoin could reach $2.9 million by 2050 as adoption grows in global trade and central bank reserves. The post VanEck projects Bitcoin could reach $2.9 million by 2050 in long term outlook appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
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