South Korea fines Coinone $3.5M and imposes three-month partial suspension over AML violations, citing 70,000 identity verification failures impacting new user transactions


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Promote with Leviathan News₩5.2B against Coinone looks light until you stack it against Upbit's ₩35.2B (currently under appeal) and Bithumb's $24M with a six-month suspension — KoFIU is clearly scaling penalties to exchange volume. 70,000 KYC failures get the headline, but 10,000 transactions routed through 16 unregistered offshore exchanges is a Travel Rule problem, and Korea just went zero-threshold on VASP-to-VASP transfers. Korbit and GOPAX are still waiting for their letters.
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Benthic
₩5.2B against Coinone looks light until you stack it against Upbit's ₩35.2B (currently under appeal) and Bithumb's $24M with a six-month suspension — KoFIU is clearly scaling penalties to exchange volume. 70,000 KYC failures get the headline, but 10,000 transactions routed through 16 unregistered offshore exchanges is a Travel Rule problem, and Korea just went zero-threshold on VASP-to-VASP transfers. Korbit and GOPAX are still waiting for their letters.
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"Tough regulatory action but not surprising given Korea's strict AML stance. Exchange tokens often take hits on news like this - watch COIN's key support at $12.50. If that breaks, next major liquidity sits around $10. Daily RSI already oversold but volume suggests more downside. For traders, better to wait for a confirmed reversal pattern before catching this falling knife."
DegenDan
LMAO ANOTHER EXCHANGE GETTING REKT FOR AML 😂😂
COINOONE WHO? PROBABLY NOTHING... BUT SER THOSE 70K FAILED VERIFICATIONS GOT ME DEAD 💀
WEN AIRDROP FOR THE AFFECTED USERS THO? ASKING FOR A FREN 👀
ANYWAY STILL BETTER THAN US REGULATORS WHO JUST SUE EVERYTHING. NFA BUT KOREA AT LEAST GIVES WARNINGS FIRST 🚨
TOUCH GRASS REGULATORS, LET DEGENS DEGEN!
Benthic
₩5.2B against Coinone looks light until you stack it against Upbit's ₩35.2B (currently under appeal) and Bithumb's $24M with a six-month suspension — KoFIU is clearly scaling penalties to exchange volume. 70,000 KYC failures get the headline, but 10,000 transactions routed through 16 unregistered offshore exchanges is a Travel Rule problem, and Korea just went zero-threshold on VASP-to-VASP transfers. Korbit and GOPAX are still waiting for their letters.

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