Today, January 23, the markets react a second time to the news that South Korea will ban anonymous exchanges from January 30, despite the fact that information on the planned settlement has been available since late December and reported since early January.

After the Financial Services Commission of South Korea (FSC) announced today the date on which the country's exchanges be required to only allow trade of "real name", the publications mainstream have reported on the movement known for a second time, unnecessarily increasing FUD in an already bearish market this week.

The move, which would have been initiated to curb speculation, requires that bank accounts used for deposits and withdrawals on virtual markets have real accounts, matched, on stock exchanges. The regulation will also prohibit the issuance of new virtual accounts to cryptographic exchanges.

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South Korea's plan to ban anonymous trades is nothing new.

The authorities had announced the ban at the end of December, but had not yet set a concrete date for the entry into force of the regulation. " The establishment of a system of" verification of the actual names of deposit and withdrawal accounts "for settlements will be completed on January 30, 2018 ", indicates published FSC documentation aujourd & # 39; hui.

January, South Korean authorities announced that crypto exchange customers had until the end of the month to convert virtual bank accounts connected to cryptographic exchanges to real names, noting that those who do not comply will be liable to fines.

Moreover, non-Koreans and minors will no longer be able to exchange cryptocurrency on the country's exchanges, a point that lawmakers had already made known before.

This week also, plans to collect a combined corporate tax and local income Foreign exchange profits of 24.2% for 2017 have been announced, the platforms being obliged to pay respectively March 30 and the April 30th.

Bitcoin prices continue to fall within 24 hours to $ 10,000. is the afternoon of January 23 and causes losses for several property altcoin.