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Crypto.com Receives South Korean Regulatory Licenses After Buying Local Firms
8.8.2022
The firm did not disclose the deal size
South Korean Banks May Be in Trouble as Regulator Probes Kimchi Premium Bitcoin ‘Irregularities’
4.8.2022
South Korean banks could find themselves in the firing line after the government, media outlets, and regulators stepped up the scrutiny of the banks' role in enabling kimchi premium traders to make fast money when trading volumes rise....
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Tax Agency Vows to Go Hard After Koreans Using Crypto to Evade Levies
3.8.2022
South Korea’s tax administration has pledged to take strict measures against tax evasion through virtual assets and platforms. While the Korean government is yet to start taxing capital gains resulting from crypto investment and trading, authorities in Seoul claim cryptocurrencies have been...
South Korean Prosecutors Wrap up Terra Raids on Exchanges, Tech & VC Firms
2.8.2022
A more than week-long prosecution raid of South Korean crypto exchanges and companies linked to Terraform Labs has finally come to an end, with officers admitting that finding the information they were after was challenging.
As reported, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office-run Joint...
FTX in Talks to Buy South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb: Report
26.7.2022
Bithumb’s parent company is considering both an outright sale or entering into joint ownership
Report: South Korean Prosecutors Raid Home of Terraform Labs Co-Founder
25.7.2022
A team of South Korean prosecutors recently raided the home of Terraform Labs co-founder Shin Hyun-seong. During an earlier raid that targeted 15 places, including seven cryptocurrency exchanges, the prosecutors reportedly secured terra transaction data. Seven Cryptocurrency Exchanges Targeted...
Prosecutors Raid Home of Terra Co-Founder Daniel Shin as Do Kwon Returns to Twitter
22.7.2022
The South Korean prosecution service’s recent raid of 15 locations as part of the probe into the “Terra (LUNAC) incident” saw officers search the home of the Terraform Labs co-founder Daniel Shin.
Prosecutors are widely reported to be looking at evidence pertaining to figures at the top of...
South Korean Prosecutors Raid Terra Co-Founder Daniel Shin's Home: Report
22.7.2022
South Korean authorities are continuing their investigation into fraud allegations at the center of the Terra collapse
New South Korean Crypto Regulator ‘Days Away from Launch’, Government Confirms
21.7.2022
The South Korean government is set to come good on a promise to launch a new regulatory agency that will govern the domestic crypto sector in the wake of what it calls the “Terra (LUNAC) incident.”
As reported in late May, the body has been tentatively named the Digital Assets Committee (literal...
South Korean authorities raid 15 entities linked to Terra collapse: Report
20.7.2022
The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office reportedly raided the offices of crypto exchanges Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and Copax, among others on Wednesday
South Korean Regulators Close the Net on Opportunistic Kimchi Premium Traders
19.7.2022
A South Korean financial regulator is set to go on the warpath in search of kimchi premium traders – and is vowing to bring suspected offenders to justice.
As previously reported, the kimchi premium is a phenomenon in the crypto trading markets whereby bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins trade on domestic...
KEB Hana, A South Korean Bank, Expands to the Sandbox
18.7.2022
KEB Hana has entered into the virtual space of The Sandbox as a part of its global virtual expansion. KEB Hana is a South Korean bank that will now offer its services in the metaverse by opening a branch. Users can access the virtual brand of the South Korean bank and avail of the basic …
Prosecution ‘Investigating Still-Extant South Korean Terraform Subsidiary’, Exchanges Make Self-regulation Proposal
15.7.2022
South Korean prosecutors have reportedly uncovered evidence of an obscure Terraform Labs subsidiary that appears to exist only “on paper.”
Terraform, the company behind the LUNAC token, the UST stablecoin, and the new LUNA coin, shuttered its South Korean businesses back in April. But per...
Major South Korean telecom company plans launch of blockchain wallet for crypto and NFTs
11.7.2022
In 2020, the company also launched a wallet for blockchain-powered digital certificate storage aimed at addressing certifications amid the COVID-19 pandemic
US and South Korea to Share Data on Crypto Cases, Including LUNA and UST Meltdown: Report
8.7.2022
The U.S. and South Korean governments have reportedly agreed to share data on ongoing crypto cases, including the case surrounding Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon and the collapse of cryptocurrency terra (LUNA) and stablecoin terrausd (UST). U.S. and South Korea to Share Data on Crypto Investigations...
South Korean MP Wants to Launch a Fund to Help Struggling Crypto Investors
8.7.2022
A South Korean politician wants the government to create a special fund to help crypto investors who have suffered losses in the markets – and says that crypto exchanges should foot the bill.
News1 reported that Kim Byung-wook, an MP for the opposition Democratic Party, told a group of blockchain...
Media & Police Investigate Crypto Links as Family Found Dead in South Korean Sea
1.7.2022
Police in South Korea investigating the deaths of a 10-year-old child named Cho Yu-na and both of her parents have announced that the family had made numerous bitcoin (BTC) investments, but denied there was any evidence of luna classic (LUNAC) investments.
The bodies of the trio were found in...
South Korean Bankruptcy Court Warns of Coming Surge in Crypto-related Cases
1.7.2022
South Korean courts are bracing for a wave of crypto-related bankruptcies – and have created a “working rule” that will help them deal with cases involving individuals who have fallen foul of crypto investments gone wrong....
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South Korean Court Exonerates Bitcoiner Who Received BTC 200 by Mistake
21.6.2022
A bitcoin (BTC) wallet owner who received almost BTC 200 (USD 4.16m) by accident has been absolved of blame by a branch of the South Korean High Court, which overturned two previous rulings in doing so....
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South Korean prosecutors ban Terra employees from exiting the country: report
20.6.2022
Employees of Terra have reportedly been prohibited to exit South Korea as investigations by the prosecutors continue