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In what has been seen as a big win for the crypto space the South Korean National Assembly’s National Policy Committee has passed a bill that will create a framework that formally classifies crypto tokens and other virtual currencies as digital assets. Sources indicate that this move came on Tuesday as one of the crypto space’s most friendly countries now wants to create a foundation for the operations of cryptocurrency businesses.The bill also sets rules for cryptocurrency-related businesses...

According to a recent survey conducted in the UK, about 20% of rich young people (born between 1981 and 1996 with at least £25,000 in investable assets) hold BTC or other digital currency. The proportion of British holding digital assets, which accounts for about 3% total population, shows that the proportion of young people holding digital assets is much higher than the whole national average. If invest-able assets were raised from 25,000 to 75,000, the proportion of eligible young people...

Transferring more than $1,000 in bitcoin or any other crypto from one exchange to another could land your private details on the desk of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). That is possible ever since the intergovernmental agency in June imposed new anti-money laundering standards on the cryptocurrency firms. The so-called ‘travel rule’ treats crypto exchanges, wallet providers, and similar firms no lesser than it acts towards a bank. Therefore, like traditional financial institutions...

OKEx Korea exchange has decided to delist five privacy coins: Monero (XMR), Dash (DASH), Zcash (ZEC), Horizen (ZEN) and Super Bitcoin (SBTC). According to the exchange, they violate the Financial Action Task Force (FATF’s) ‘travel rule’.The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 with the aim to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and...