On January 16, it was reported that Upbit, the largest cryptocurrency trading platform in South Korea, received a notice of business suspension from the financial regulator for violating the customer confirmation system (KYC) and failing to fulfill its anti-money laundering obligations. According to the news from the financial industry on the 16th, the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIU) of the Financial Commission issued a pre-notice to Upbit on the 9th of this month on the content of sa...
Sophon, a modular blockchain based on ZKsync, tweeted that the KYC Grace Period retroactive reward will end on January 14. If a user purchases a Sophon node but has not submitted a KYC or the KYC has not been approved, they need to submit it as soon as possible.
According to a recent report by TRM Labs, crypto ATMs are more vulnerable to fraud and money laundering due to weak KYC and AML protocols, having handled at least $160 million in illicit funds since 2019 to date. In 2023 alone, the proportion of illegal transactions at crypto ATMs reached 1.2% of their total transaction volume, while the proportion of illegal transactions in the entire crypto ecosystem was only 0.63%. The report also revealed that more than $30 million of illicit funds in 2023 w...