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South Korean National Tax Service sent Bithumb a letter claiming they will need to pay additional taxes for the 2019 fiscal year. The agency claims that the tax is legal because the exchange forgot to pay the taxes from withdrawals that the exchange is constantly processing for customers from abroad.Doo Wan Nam, MakerDAO Business Development Associate says that Bithumb had a net loss of $180 million in 2018, considering the data given by Korea Times. This means that regulators are taking the...

South Korea has passed new laws requiring that everyone opening a cryptocurrency account use their true, legal names to do so.South Korea: The Center of Crypto Regulation?As time goes by, many cryptocurrency exchanges and businesses are seeking out ways to remain fully compliant with federal regulators. The problem is that to do this, they’re often required to invade the privacy of their customers to one extent or another, and this scenario is no exception.One of the issues at hand is that...

The recent Upbit hack crashed all the cryptos down and again reminded crypto investors how vulnerable this sector is. However, this was the last among seven majors hacks that happened this year. So, let’s mention some of them:CryptopiaAround January 15, New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia said there was $3.2 million in tokens stolen and the company went into the liquidation. However, on Jan. 20, it was reported that as much as $16 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) and ERC20...

China continues its crackdown on crypto exchanges. Binance and Bithumb raid rumors cause widespread FUD. Will China’s U-turn on crypto impact the market? The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) has reiterated its position on crypto trading, vowing the immediate disposal of cryptocurrency exchanges. For weeks China’s strict attitude towards cryptocurrencies has seemingly morphed into something less stringent. Blockchain technology has been championed within the country, and a lighter touch was...

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Premier global digital asset exchange Bithumb global has made public the unique and highly anticipated crypto asset Bithumb Coin (BT) which serves as the native token for the new Bithumb Chain. The Chain is said to be launched in Q1 2020.Holding the ticker name of BT, the token will be used in many different kinds and types of transactions within a wide variety of utilities and situations. What is Bithumb Coin?Based on open-source code, Bithumb Chain is the framework that serves as the engine...

Bithumb, South Korea’s largest bitcoin exchange alongside UPbit, is trying to convince the government of India to allow cryptocurrency trading. Javier Sim, co-founder and managing director of Bithumb, said that the company is planning to expand into the Indian cryptocurrency market through local partnerships, funding cryptocurrency startups in the region. In remarks reported by Indian business daily The Economic Times, Sim stated: “We are open to talking to regulators, working with them to...

If the signals are anything to go by the acquisition of premier South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb may fail unless some sort of miracle occurs. The Singaporean based but South-Korean owned BK Global Consortium has allegedly failed to meet up to its commitments as per the deal which saw only a $100 million (a third of the total of 400 Billion South Korean Won or over $330 Million) paid.BK Global Consortium’s Head Kim Byung-gu,n who spearheaded the deal, is said to have asked for an...

Nearly one year after it was announced that South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, would be sold to BK Global Consortium for 400 billion won ($333 million), the deal appears to be going nowhere. The acquisition, which would see BK Global Consortium purchase a 50 percent stake and one share, was originally announced by Bithumb operator BTC Korea Holdings on October 12, 2018. The purchasing company also put down $100 million as a down payment and had plans to create its own...