Korean Lawmaker Seeks To Delay Crypto Tax Until 2030
A South Korean ruling-party lawmaker reportedly plans to submit a bill delaying virtual asset taxation from January 2027 to January 2030. The proposal would keep tax timing uncertain for Korean exchanges while preserving pressure to build transaction-history, lending-income and reporting infrastructure.
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APAC FINSTAB analysis
For APAC operators, this creates a high-impact signal around taxation, regulation in South Korea. Named institutions or platforms: South Korea National Assembly. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.
Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.
Chinese legal analysis highlighted that crypto chat-app developers are not automatically liable for downstream crime, but risk facilitation liability when they knowingly provide or maintain technical support for fraud, gambling or other criminal use. The boundary matters for privacy tools, encrypted communications, customer due diligence and abnormal-use response controls.
DTCC said its tokenization service processed U.S. trades using DTC-held securities across multiple onchain workflows. The pilot strengthens the regulated-market path for tokenized securities, with direct implications for custody, legal ownership, settlement finality, collateral and broker-dealer controls.
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Yonhap-reported allegations described an unlisted-token seller using offline seminars, overseas-listing claims and USDT dividend promises before the token fell about 99% from its high. The case highlights investor-protection checks for issuer identity, dividend marketing, token lockups, market-making claims and Korean user solicitation.
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Samsung Wallet plans to add stablecoin-linked accounts, payments and cross-border transfer features across Galaxy devices, according to market reports citing Samsung product announcements. The rollout would push stablecoin compliance into consumer-wallet distribution, including licensing, KYC, Travel Rule, reserve disclosure and wallet-liability controls.
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