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Bitcoin drops over 4% after Japan warns largest operator
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IANS | 23 Mar, 2018
The value of Bitcoin fell more
than 4 per cent on Friday on the main Japanese markets after the
country's national regulator issued a warning to the world's largest
cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, over its unlicensed operations.
At
9.50 a.m., the value of the most popular digital currency was at about
918,800 yen ($8,762), marking an intraday fall of 4.30 per cent,
according to Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck.
Bitcoin
began to depreciate on Thursday after the Nikkei daily reported that
Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) planned to issue an official
warning to Binance, a Hong-Kong based company, for offering services in
Japan without complying with the necessary regulations, reports Efe
news.
The country's financial regulator on Friday released a
statement confirming that it had issued a warning to Binance "for
operating without being registered", which violates the guidelines on
cryptocurrency exchanges, and could lead to penalties against the
company.
Japanese regulations require all cryptocurrency
companies operating in the country to register with the FSA and meet
certain security and transparency requirements, as well as requiring
them to verify the identity of their customers in order to prevent money
laundering and other illegal transactions.
Binance allows its
users to open digital accounts and process their purchases in digital
currencies without having to verify their identity with an official
document.
Thecompany has positioned itself as the world's largest
cryptocurrency operator in just ten months since its creation, and
achieved a turnover of $1.65 trillion, according to data from the
specialized website, Coinmarketcap.
Japan, a pioneer in the
regulation of the sector, has intensified its vigilance over traders
since the hacking of the Coincheck exchange house in January, when some
$493 million worth of virtual currencies disappeared.
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