최흥식 금융감동원장은 20일 비트코인 등 암호화폐를 두고
" 정상적인 거래가 이뤄지도록 지원할 것" 이라고 밝힌바가 있는데요,
최 원장은 작년 12월 "형태가 없는 비트코인은 거품이 확 빠질것이다 . 내기를 해도 좋다"고 발언했던 것과
비교하면 입장이 많이 바꼈습니다.
또한 ,과거 대한민국에서 암호화폐거래금지, 거래소 폐쇄 등 자극적인 발언이 뉴스에 보도가 된후
코인시장이 급격하게 흔들리며 코인들이 급락했고, 재무장관은 시장을 진정시키기 위해 움직였으며
그결과로 실명 인증 계좌 체계를 도입했습니다.
이렇다보니 , 해외 매체에서도 국내 암호화폐규제에 대한 관심이 많은데요
-코인데스크-해외 암호화폐매체 에서는 이런상황을 지켜보고
대한민국 암호화폐 거래를 완화하는 것으로 보인다고 보도까지 했네요^^
South Korea appears to be softening its stance on cryptocurrency trading.
According to Yonhap News, Choe Heung-sik, governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, has said the government "will support [cryptocurrency trading] if normal transactions are made."
At a meeting with representatives from cryptocurrency exchanges, Choe also said the government will "encourage" banks to work with cryptocurrency exchanges, the report states.
While brief, the statements will likely be seen positively by South Korea's crypto community, as well as world markets, since the option to outright ban cryptocurrency exchanges had been mulled by regulators as one way to calm the country's heated cryptocurrency market and counter money-laundering.
After the news broke that South Korea might "ban or suppress" cryptocurrency trading, prices of cryptocurrencies including bitcoin dropped sharply in mid January. Soon after, the country's finance minister moved to calm the markets stressing that regulating exchanges is the government's "immediate task," though he did not rule out a future ban.
The statement also comes soon after the country has moved to restrict the market in other ways.
A ban on anonymous trading took effect on Jan. 30, after which cryptocurrency transactions must be conducted via accounts attached to users' identities. People flouting the ruling now face penalties if caught.
South Korea has since revealed that it is considering adopting a system similar to New York's "BitLicense" for the regulation of cryptocurrency exchanges.
According to BusinessKorea, a government official involved with a virtual currency task force said Feb. 13: "We are positively considering the adoption of an exchange approval system as the additional regulation on cryptocurrencies. We are most likely benchmark the model of the State of New York that gives a selective permission [for exchange operations]."
-출처-코인데스크
https://www.coindesk.com/south-korea-to-support-normal-crypto-trading-says-finance-watchdog/