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On the heels of the Terra LUNA meltdown and the bankruptcy of FTX, authorities from South Korea are proposing new amendments to the Digital Assets Bill seeking greater control over cryptocurrency exchanges.
Congressman Yoon Chang-Hyun is preparing an amendment to expand financial authoritiesâ control capabilities to prevent the repetition of events such as the FTX collapse.
According to local media outlet News 1, Chang-Hyun is proposing to grant more authority to the countryâs Financial Services Commission and Financial Supervisory Service âin lieu of self-regulationâ of cryptocurrency exchanges.
âRep. Yoon Chang-Hyun of the People Power Party plans to propose a revision of the secure digital asset transactions bill at the first legislative review subcommittee of the National Assemblyâs Political Affairs Committee held on the same day.â
South Korea Wants to Protect Investors from Another FTX-Like Crash
The new amendment to the Digital Assets Act calls for the mandatory separation of customer deposits. It also gives greater control to financial authorities against unfair trading practices.
This means that regulators will be able to supervise and inspect cryptocurrency projects and exchanges to protect investors from million-dollar losses such as those caused by Terra LUNA.
It is worth mentioning that South Korean prosecutors issued an arrest warrant in conjunction with Interpol to capture Do Kwon, Terraâs founder, who is still on the run âeven though he denies itâ after being accused of fraud due to the collapse of the UST stablecoin.
This is not an isolated effort. Other regulators around the world have asked for more strict laws using Terra and FTX as examples. The United States is leading these efforts, setting hearings to understand the situation better.
Exchanges Wonât Be Able To Use Their Clientsâ Money
Another significant amendment to the Digital Assets Law is that cryptocurrency trading platforms will not be able to arbitrarily seize their usersâ deposits once they have been sent to a custodian institution, which happened with FTX and Alameda Research.
In addition, the new law eliminates the âself-regulatoryâ power of cryptocurrency exchanges to take âappropriate measuresâ in case of irregular fluctuations in the price or trading volume, passing the control of such activities into the hands of financial authorities.
Exchanges will now be required to immediately report any unfair activity to the Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, who will be responsible for taking appropriate measures to prevent fraud, money laundering, or any other crime.
According to an unidentified National Assembly official, the amendment to the Act âwas introduced to reflect on the FTX incident and prevent a recurrence.â
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