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Upbit Announces Expansion of Partnership With Chainalysis to Support Broader Asia Pacific Region

Korean cryptocurrency trading platform Upbit has reportedly expanded its partnership with Chainalysis, a blockchain analysis company, to provide support across the broader Asia Pacific (APAC) region. According to the duo, Upbit APAC will also use Chainalysis KYT (Know Your Transaction) to ensure safe, secure trading experiences… Read More

Upbit Crypto Trading Platform Restores Depositing After $50 Million USD Hack

Korean cryptocurrency trading platform Upbit reinstated deposits January 13th after shutting them down in late November in response to a $50 million USD hack. Deposits have now been restored following an upgrade to the exchange’s wallet system, the exchange writes in a notice. Customers will, “need… Read More

Upbit Hacked, $50 Million USD in Ethers Stolen

After suspending deposits and withdrawals and conducting “an emergency server check,” Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has notified users that it was hacked. The announcement appears as a notice on the exchange’s website: “My name is Lee Seok-Woo, CEO of Doo-Tum…At 1:06 PM on November 27,… Read More

Citing Money Laundering Concerns, South Korean Exchange UpBit Delists Privacy Coins Monero (XMR), ZCash (ZEC), DASH

South Korean digital asset exchange Upbit announced on September 20 that it will delist several privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies including Monero (XMR), Dash (DASH), and ZCash (ZEC). Upbit’s management noted in a blog post that it would also cease trading for PIVX, a privacy-focused proof-of-stake (PoS) currency… Read More

Korean Government Convenes Emergency Meeting to Address Stirring Crypto Markets

Stating that they plan to “closely monitor market condition(s)… (and) strictly control…illegal acts such as fraud and (multilevel marketing),” officials from the Korean Department of Justice and the Financial Supervisory Commission held an emergency meeting May 28th to “examine…virtual currency market trend(s)” in the wake of price… Read More

South Korean Digital Asset Exchange Upbit Now Listing Crypto.com Chain Token (CRO)

Upbit, a digital asset exchange based in South Korea, announced on Friday it is now listing Crypto.com Chain Token (CRO). According to Upbit, the Crypto.com Chain is a high-performing public blockchain powering Crypto.com Pay, which allows customers to pay for goods and services with cryptocurrency… Read More

70-80% of South Korean Cryptocurrency Mines Close As Costs Exceed Prices

At the top of markets in December 2017, mining an Ether, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, cost about 240,000 Korean won ($213 USD), and that Ether could be sold for 2.3 million won ($2093 USD). At that time, South Korea was the third… Read More

Three Employees at Upbit, Korea’s Largest Crypto Exchange, Indicted for Fraud

About one week after its CEO delivered a keynote address to the Korean parliament on the regulation of crypto markets there, the Upbit cryptocurrency exchange’s board chair, finance director and an employee have been indicted for allegedly, “inflat(ing) the volume of transactions by making ($226.2… Read More

Korean Parliament Holding Special and First Ever Session Today to Discuss Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Members of South Korea’s Democratic, Liberal-Democratic and Right Future Party will hold their first debate on the subject of cryptocurrency exchanges today in the Korean parliament, local media outlet Hani reports. Cryptocurrency exchanges have been operating in Korea since 2013 and exchanges there are some… Read More

Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges Lose Special Tax Status and Designation as Venture Firms

Cryptocurrency exchanges in Korea say their international competitiveness and ability to attract investors will be adversely affected by a recent Korean government decision to revoke their special status as venture firms, Business Korea reports. The change will affect all exchanges registering as business from this… Read More

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