South Korea Links Crypto Exchange Shareholding Limits to Stronger Oversight
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South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has linked proposed limits on virtual asset exchange shareholdings directly to the goal of strengthening regulatory oversight, framing ownership concentration as a governance risk that supervisors must address to hold licensed platforms accountable. The Financial Services Commission, South Korea’s top financial regulator, has positioned shareholding caps at virtual asset exchanges as a mechanism for cleaner supervisory lines rather than a standalone market-structure rule. By tying ownership limits to oversight objectives, the Commission signals that concentrated or opaque equity stakes in exchanges are viewed as an obstacle to effective supervision, not merely a competition concern.
Source: Coincu
