Brace for More S Korean Altcoins as President-Elect Prepares to Ditch ICO Ban
South Korea’s President-Elect Yoon Suk-yeol has indicated he is ready to come good on some of the crypto-related campaign promises that helped him win power earlier this year – and could end an initial coin offering (ICO) ban that dates back to 2017.
Yoon will be sworn into power on May 10. And per Newsis, Yoon’s Presidential Transition Committee has placed the creation of a Digital Asset Framework Act (literal translation) on a shortlist of 110 action points that his government will tackle in the weeks and months after he takes up the presidency.
The details of the plan include the creation of suitable “conditions” for investors who wish to invest in “digital assets” with “confidence.” More importantly for big businesses, however, the committee made mention of enabling “domestic ICOs,” albeit with “issuance methods” that provide “safeguards for investors.”
This will be music to the ears of the likes of the SK Group, a powerful conglomerate that has already indicated that it will issue its own token via a subsidiary firm before the end of 2022. Unconfirmed reports in the country have also stated that other mega-companies (so-called chaebol firms) such as LG and Samsung may look to follow suit. Previously the likes of Kakao and a Hyundai subsidiary have had to issue their own tokens through international subsidiaries. But with the SK token – and possibly others – primarily intended for domestic use, companies are thought to prefer a domestic launch.
The proposed Digital Asset Framework Act would, the committee indicated, comprise “measures to protect consumers and improve transaction stability,” and could extend to the policing of both ICOs and the issuance of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Further token listing regulations are
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