South Korea to deploy cryptocurrency tracking system in 2023

The Ministry of Justice successful South Korea announced plans to present a crypto tracking strategy to antagonistic wealth laundering initiatives and retrieve funds linked to transgression activities.

The ‘Virtual Currency Tracking System’ volition beryllium utilized to show transaction history, extract accusation related to transactions and cheque the root of funds earlier and aft remittance, according to section media outlet khgames.

The South Korean Ministry of Justice volition present a "cryptocurrency tracking system" successful the archetypal fractional of this twelvemonth to fortify the tracking of wealth laundering and betterment of transgression proceeds utilizing cryptocurrencies. https://t.co/2CLkaLUrX6

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) January 29, 2023

While the strategy is slated to beryllium deployed successful the archetypal fractional of 2023, the South Korean ministry shared plans to make an autarkic tracking and investigation strategy successful the 2nd fractional of the year. A unsmooth translation of the ministry’s connection reads:

“In effect to the sophistication of crime, we volition amended the forensic infrastructure (infrastructure). We volition physique a transgression justness strategy that meets planetary standards (global standards).”

The South Korean constabulary antecedently established an statement with 5 section crypto exchanges to cooperate successful transgression investigations — to make a harmless trading situation for crypto investors ultimately.

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The South Korean Supreme Court ruled that crypto speech Bithumb indispensable wage damages to investors implicit a 1.5-hour work outage connected Nov. 12, 2017.

The finalized ruling from the Supreme Court ordered damages ranging from arsenic small arsenic $6 to astir $6,400 beryllium paid to the 132 investors involved.

“The load oregon the outgo of technological failures should beryllium shouldered by the work operator, not [the] work users who wage committee for the service,” the tribunal stated.