The South Korean government has distributed $15 million in debt relief funds, originally intended to support small businesses, to cryptocurrency holde...
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한국 정부의 소상공인 지원을 위한 '새출발기금'에서 269명의 암호화폐 투자자에게 1500만 달러 이상의 부채 탕감이 이루어졌다. 감사 결과, 한 수혜자는 62,350달러 탕감을 받았으나 동시에 30만 7천 달러 상당의 암호화폐를 보유하고 있었다. 이를 방지하기 위해 법 개정을 통해 자산 확인 절차를 강화할 계획이다.
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새출발기금암호화폐부채 탕감한국 금융 감독법 개정
According to DL News, a South Korean Financial Supervisory Service audit revealed that the "New Start Fund," designed to help small businesses struggling after the pandemic, provided over $15 million in debt relief to 269 individual cryptocurrency traders. The audit revealed that one individual who received $62,350 in debt relief (a 77% reduction) held approximately $307,000 worth of cryptocurrency at the time. Shin Jin-chang, chairman of the Financial Services Commission, stated that the screening criteria for beneficiaries will be strengthened, but acknowledged that only legal amendments can fundamentally prevent such situations. Currently, the fund's operator, the Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO), cannot proactively check whether applicants hold cryptocurrency assets unless they voluntarily declare it. A proposed amendment currently under review in the National Assembly, if passed, would authorize KAMCO to verify beneficiaries' holdings of unlisted stocks and cryptocurrency assets without their consent. In recent years, South Korea has gradually authorized tax and local government departments to check and freeze the cryptocurrency assets of citizens with outstanding taxes and fees.