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The institutionalization of the Korean crypto market accelerates: the top 5 exchanges have 6590 corporate accounts, Bithumb accounts for nearly half

Comparative news, according to Yonhap News Agency, Korea's Financial Supervisory Service submitted data to the South Korean National Assembly Government Affairs Committee, revealing that as of the end of July, there were 6590 registered corporate accounts on Korea's top five virtual asset exchanges (Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Digital Asset Exchange, Gopax). In terms of exchange distribution, Bithumb has the highest number of registered corporate accounts, reaching 3,280; Upbit operator Dunamu has 2,086 accounts. The two major exchanges had a total of 5,366 corporate accounts, accounting for 81.4% of the total. Additionally, Korbit has 620, Coinone has 539, and Gopax has 65. Judging from the compliance situation, there are a total of 711 corporate accounts that have completed customer identity verification (KYC), accounting for 10.8% of all corporate accounts. Among them, Upbit has the most, 290; Bithumb has 199, Korbit has 184, and Coinone and Gopax have 33 and 5, respectively. In terms of virtual asset holdings, Korean corporate accounts are about 43.377 billion won (about 31.2 million US dollars), of which the Upbit platform accounts for the highest share, with a holding scale of about 27.08 billion won, accounting for 62.4% of the total; Bithumb is about 6.29 billion won, and Coinone is about 5.15 billion won. The corporate account deposit amount is approximately KRW 9.13 billion.

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South Korea plans to open virtual asset accounts to about 3,500 companies, and the central bank plans to test AI proxy deposit tokens by the end of 2026

Comparing news, Factblock CEO and Korea Blockchain Week organizer Andrew Park said that the Korean crypto market is shifting from being driven by retail transactions to institutional digital finance. The focus of global financial institutions and enterprises has moved from tokens, exchanges, and prices to escrow, tokenization, stablecoins, payment and settlement infrastructure, and regulatory compliance. The Korea Financial Services Commission has proposed a framework to open corporate virtual asset accounts to approximately 3,500 listed companies and registered professional investors. The National Assembly of Korea has officially passed amendments to the Electronic Securities Act and the Capital Markets Act to incorporate tokenized real-world assets and security tokens into a unified legal framework. The Bank of Korea has completed initial testing of the Project Hangang real-world deposit token project and plans to conduct the second phase of institutional testing in late 2026. Related technical experiments have used wholesale deposit tokens to allow AI agents to execute automated conditional transactions. This article is sponsored by GENG, Build Your Fortune on GENG (https://geng.one)

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HashKey Global: HSK price breaks above $0.1094, 24-hour increase of 21.15%

Comparative news, according to HashKey Global quotes, the HSK price surpassed $0.1094, up 21.15% in 24 hours. HashKey Global is a global flagship virtual asset exchange under the HashKey Group, providing licensed virtual asset trading services to users around the world. HashKey Global has obtained a full license for the digital asset investor protection system issued by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) to provide mainstream trading and service products such as LaunchPool, contracts, and leverage.

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South Korea's Proposed Law Gives FIU Direct Enforcement Powers: Cracking Down on Undeclared Crypto Exchanges

Comparatively, according to Digital Asset, 10 people including South Korea's National Power Party member Yim Tae-young proposed an amendment to the “Specific Financial Information Law” on August 20 to give the Financial Intelligence Service (FIU) direct enforcement powers against undeclared virtual asset service providers. According to the amendments, anyone can report an offense to the FIU. When the FIU receives a report or discovers suspected violations, the FIU can conduct an investigation and analysis, and refer or report the case to the investigating authorities. The proposal points out that although the current law imposes reporting and anti-money laundering obligations on virtual asset service providers, there are no direct enforcement measures against undeclared operators, and there are hidden criminal risks such as money laundering and illegal cross-border transfers, which are difficult to respond quickly with inter-agency coordination alone.

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Korean Government: Personal wallets and virtual asset earnings from overseas exchanges will also be taxed

Comparative news, according to the Digital Asset report, the South Korean government said that digital assets held by residents through personal wallets or overseas exchanges only generate income from transfers or loans; in principle, they are all subject to taxation. The digital asset tax will be implemented on January 1, 2027. It will be levied on other income, with a deduction of 2.5 million won and a 20% tax rate, including local taxes of up to 22%.

2d ago

Blockchain.com Approved to Join Nigeria's SEC Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Program

According to Chainwire, global crypto platform Blockchain.com has been approved to join the Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Program (ARIP). The company thus satisfies SEC's initial participation requirements, can operate within an established sandbox, and is subject to ongoing compliance, testing parameters, and regulatory conditions. Through ARIP, Blockchain.com will work directly with the SEC to evaluate digital asset business models, test safeguards, and help improve long-term regulatory frameworks. ARIP is aimed at virtual asset service providers and fintech innovators to assess emerging models, operational risks, and investor protection and anti-money laundering standards. Owen Odia, general manager of Blockchain.com Africa, said Nigeria is one of Africa's most important digital asset markets, and participation in ARIP is an important step in the company's long-term commitment to the country, helping to introduce global experience in a controlled environment and supporting a framework that both protects consumers and encourages responsible innovation. Over the past year, the company has obtained UK FCA registration, EU MiCA framework authorization, and Cayman CIMA's VASP license. Established in 2011, Blockchain.com serves over 70 jurisdictions, has more than 94 million wallets and 44 million confirmed accounts, and has processed over $1.1 trillion in crypto transactions. This article is sponsored by GENG, Build Your Fortune on GENG (https://geng.one)

4d agoburnking

South Korean regulators blocked access to Polymarket and determined that it provided illegal contests

Comparatively, the Korea Broadcasting and Communications Review Committee (KCSC) held a Communications Review Subcommittee meeting today, determined that the overseas prediction market platform Polymarket provided illegal contests, and decided to block access to it. The committee determined that Polymarket's business model is based on the results of events beyond the user's control, such as politics, sports, elections, weather, etc., and uses a winner-take-all profit and loss structure to promote speculative mentality; the platform operator is responsible for market establishment, transaction rule setting and overall operation management, and provides a virtual asset acceptance and settlement system, which actually forms an environment for collecting and delivering user funds, and collecting processing fee profits through share transactions violates South Korea's Criminal Code and National Sports Promotion Law. Polymarket has argued that the platform operates on non-custodial peer-to-peer transactions and smart contracts, and does not directly raise capital, manage funds, or issue voting rights for sports promotion. However, the Commission responded that the application of domestic laws in South Korea cannot be circumvented on the grounds of whether to provide Korean-language services, decentralized technology, or centralized transaction interfaces. Since the platform has actually provided illegal quizzes to Korean users, access blocking is unavoidable in order to protect domestic users.

4d ago

Airwallex Founder: Stablecoins Will Develop Within National Regulatory Systems

Comparing news, Jack Zhang, co-founder and CEO of the cross-border payment company Airwallex, wrote that stablecoins are becoming an important track for global capital flows, yet the sovereign financial system still decides how to incorporate them, not the other way around. This trend will intensify as stablecoin adoption grows. The Central Bank of Brazil has incorporated virtual asset services into the foreign exchange and international capital supervision framework. Vietnam is starting to build a regulated crypto market while prohibiting crypto assets as a means of payment, and the Philippines has indefinitely extended the suspension of virtual asset service provider licenses, all indicating that stablecoin adoption will occur within each country's regulatory system. He said that technology has made commerce more global, yet financial sovereignty is more localized, and the government will continue to set its own rules for currency, data, identity and payment. The most durable stablecoin infrastructure needs to connect to sovereign financial systems, provide deep liquidity, and provide enterprises with reliable conversion between stablecoins and fiat currencies. With corporate accounts as the core, Airwallex has obtained a central bank payment institution license in Brazil and acquired MexPago, an IFPE license holder, in Mexico to connect to the local financial systems of major Latin American economies. It is betting that AI and stablecoins will drive more global commerce and make regulated local connections more valuable.

4d ago

Crypto company Bits of Gold suffered a data breach, affecting 200,000 customers

Comparative news, according to Crypto Briefing, Bits of Gold, Israel's largest compliant crypto broker, suffered a data breach. The personal information of about 200,000 customers was stolen by hackers, and all users of the platform were at risk. The company obtained Israel's first virtual asset service provider (VASP) license in September 2022, and was approved to issue BILS stablecoins anchored 1:1 with shekels in April 2026. The type of stolen data has not yet been disclosed, but crypto brokers usually collect sensitive data such as ID documents, proof of address, and financial information in accordance with KYC regulations. Although cold wallets protect digital assets, they cannot protect customer identity files on servers. Historical cases show that similar data breaches are commonly used for phishing, SIM card swapping, and targeted social engineering attacks, and the security risks go beyond the platform itself. This article is sponsored by GENG, Build Your Fortune on GENG (https://geng.one)

6d agoburnking

Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission announces multiple websites impersonating licensed virtual asset trading platform Hash Blockchain

Comparatively, the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission published several websites impersonating the licensed virtual asset trading platform Hash Blockchain Limited on its official website. According to reports, the relevant websites were reported by Hash Blockchain Limited as fraudulent websites. At the same time, the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission clarified that the relevant websites had no connection with virtual asset trading platforms licensed by the Securities Regulatory Commission.

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