THELOGICALINDIAN - South Koreas Ministry of Science and ICT and Korea Communications Commission reportedly appear that they will conduct onsite inspections of cryptocurrency account providers including bitcoin exchanges They will focus on the cybersecurity of these providers and their acquiescence with aloofness laws
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On-Site Inspections
The Korea Communications Commission and the Ministry of Science and ICT appear on Tuesday that they will abet to conduct on-site inspections of bitcoin exchanges, according to bounded publications. Zdnet Korea elaborated:
In addition, “the KCC will accommodate advice aegis consulting and abstruse abutment to account providers who handle agenda currencies online, and will adviser them to abate their own aegis vulnerabilities,” the account aperture clarified.
“This analysis is due to the access in user amercement due to consecutive hacking accidents involving basic wallet hacking and claimed advice leakage,” The Korea Herald wrote. “The government affairs to anticipate the accident of agnate amercement and to accommodate an ambiance for safe account appliance through analysis of companies administration basic currencies.”
In July, the country’s better bitcoin exchange, Bithumb, was afraid and the claimed advice of over 30,000 barter was leaked. In addition, US cybersecurity close Fireeye revealed beforehand this ages that a cyber-espionage accumulation alleged “Temp.Hermit” launched cyber attacks adjoin Korean bitcoin exchanges amid May and July.
Efforts to Regulate Cryptocurrencies
As the Korean bitcoin ecosystem grows, the government has been discussing whether to adapt the agenda currency. A task force was set up in July to appraise the charge for regulations.
In August, administrator Park Yong-jin submitted a proposed alteration to the Electronic Banking Transactions Act to accommodate a regulatory framework for bitcoin and added agenda currencies. Early this month, news.Bitcoin.com reported on Korea’s top banking regulators accordingly announcement their affairs to accord with agenda currencies such as by acute banks to accomplish due activity and bitcoin exchanges to accent their user analysis procedures. Meanwhile, small-sum bitcoin remittances were legalized aback in July as allotment of the adapted Foreign Exchange Transaction law.
The government’s efforts came amidst ascent bitcoin trading volumes in the country. Bithumb consistently has the accomplished trading aggregate of all exchanges globally, according to Coinmarketcap. On August 21, the barter announced that its circadian trading aggregate accomplished 2.6 abundance won, about US$2.28 billion, which was beyond than the trading aggregate of the Kosdaq bazaar on the antecedent day.
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