Korea’s Biggest Cryptocurrency Exchange Bans Trading in 11 Countries
Yesterday, Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has banned trading activities in 11 countries (including North Korea, Iran and Iraq) that don't comply with global anti-money laundering norms. With this said, all transaction of residents in jurisdictions belonging to the Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories blacklist are blocked, while new users from those jurisdictions are also no longer accepted.
"We Bithumb plan to protect customer assets and continue to build the institutional customers Know your Customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering system, pursuant to international standards for transparency of financial transactions."
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韓國最大的加密貨幣交易所禁止在11個國家進行交易
昨日,韓國加密貨幣交易所Bithumb已禁止11個國家(包括北韓,伊朗和伊拉克)的不符合全球反洗錢規範的交易活動。 因此,所有屬於非合作國家和地區黑名單轄區的居民的交易都被阻止,而來自這些轄區的新用戶也不再被接受。
“我們Bithumb計劃保護客戶資產,並繼續建立機構客戶根據金融交易透明度的國際標準,了解您的客戶(KYC)和反洗錢系統。”