THELOGICALINDIAN - Two above South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges accept appear that they will no best acquiesce counterfeit users to accomplish withdrawals in Korean won Starting abutting ages users of Bithumb and Coinone charge accept absolute realname accounts in adjustment to drop and abjure the authorization currency
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Bithumb Goes All Real-Name
Bithumb, the better crypto barter by trading aggregate in South Korea, appear on Friday, Sept. 14, that it will abolish authorization abandonment account for all users after absolute real-name accounts.
The account will end on Oct. 1 for accumulated associates and on Oct. 15 for alone members. Bithumb says the move is to accede with the government’s anti-money bed-making policy.
However, the barter antiseptic that this advertisement alone affects authorization withdrawals, emphasizing:
The South Korean government introduced the real-name arrangement for crypto exchanges at the end of January. Members of an barter application this arrangement can catechumen their accounts to real-name ones at the coffer that provides the about-face account to the exchange.
So far, banks accept alone been alms this account to the country’s top four exchanges – Bithumb, Upbit, Coinone, and Korbit. Nonghyup Bank provides this account to Bithumb and Coinone.
Despite efforts by the government, banks, and exchanges, bounded media afresh appear that alone about 40-50 percent of accounts at the four exchanges accept been adapted to date. News.Bitcoin.com reported last anniversary that banks accept been pressuring crypto exchanges to booty measures to ensure about-face in adjustment to abate the accident of money laundering.
Coinone Makes Similar Move
South Korea’s third-largest crypto exchange, Coinone, additionally fabricated a agnate advertisement on Friday.
The barter explained that “Nonghyup Bank requested Coinone to absolute the abandonment of Korean currency” for associates who accept not absolute their accounts by a assertive date “pursuant to the Act on Reporting and Utilization of Specific Financial Transaction Information.” Coinone abundant that able Oct. 15:
After Oct. 15, users who do not accept real-name accounts will be “unable to drop and abjure in Korean currency,” Coinone wrote. The barter is allurement users to accomplish withdrawals afore that date if they do not plan to catechumen to real-name accounts by then.
“When you accredit real-name absolute accounts, you can drop and abjure in Korean currency,” Coinone described. Like Bithumb, the barter common that the apprehension does not affect crypto trading, deposits, or withdrawals. Both exchanges accept additionally accepted that corporations, minors, and foreigners are not acceptable for real-name conversion.
At the time of this writing, Upbit and Korbit, which do not use Nonghyup Bank, accept not appear that they will stop accouterment Korean won abandonment account to counterfeit users.
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