Many governments are cryptocurrencies different. Somewhere against them, seeing them as a threat, somewhere, are working on laws to be able to regulate the activities of miners and cryptocurrency exchanges. And in South Korea, decided to go the other way and decided not to touch Bitcoin until it becomes a real currency.
“Financial regulators and the South Korean authorities do not intend to interfere in trade bitcoins and take control of the cryptocurrency exchange, while Bitcoin has no status as an official currency, regulate it, not going” — quoted by the Korea Times, the head of financial services South Korea Chloe Heung-Sik.
The head of financial services compared to trade cryptocurrency casino, assuming that the miners and the traders are risking their savings, but noted that despite the fact that there may be problems with excessive gambling, it does not mean that the financial service should monitor the operation of the casino.
Interestingly, casino compared this activity and former Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, head of the Center for strategic development Alexey Kudrin, but, citing this example, warned Russian citizens, noting that many people can lose their money forever.
In this case cryptocurrency trading in South Korea a monitor, but to intervene in the process and control it directly will only after digital tokens recognized legal currency and full-fledged means of payment.
Against the background of these statements, the owners of cryptocurrency farms and exchanges were finally able to relax, because in September of this year, the South Korean authorities considered the possibility to freeze cryptocurrency trading, following the example of China.
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South Korea will not regulate Bitcoin, until it becomes a real currency
Vyacheslav Larionov