South Korean Crypto Exchange Heavyweight Bithumb Gains Operating Permit
The last of the South Korean “big four” crypto exchange platforms – Bithumb – has finally received an operating license from the nation’s financial regulator, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Bithumb had submitted...
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Bithumb had submitted its application to the FIU ahead of the latter’s September 24 deadline. But the trading platform, which was until very recently the nation’s busiest, had been in limbo until this past weekend, waiting for the FIU to finish reviewing its documents....
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