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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Paul Lee] It has been confirmed that if Gopax, which was acquired by Binance, the world's No. 1 virtual asset exchange, changes its business, the financial authorities will have to review the adequacy of virtual asset operators from the ground up.
On the 23rd, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) under the Financial Services Commission has decided that it will not be involved in the merger and acquisition between Gofax and Binance according to the legal scope, but if the business plan is changed, it will order the submission of a virtual asset business change report.
Gopax, a virtual asset exchange, appointed Leon Xing Pung, CEO of Binance Asia-Pacific, as its new CEO on the 21st. It is said that only the official announcement remains in the process of completing Binance's acquisition of Gopax operator Stirimi.
A senior official from the Financial Services Commission said, "Under the Special Fund Act, the scope of the change report is not wide and it is necessary to confirm whether it is Binance's simple equity investment or business restructuring," adding, "If we push for business restructuring, we will review whether the existing Gopax's FIU report is valid."
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Under the Specific Financial Transactions Act, in order for a virtual asset exchange to broker won transactions, it must obtain a bank's real-name verification account and Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification and report and obtain approval from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) under the Financial Services Commission. If you have ISMS, you can only operate a coin market that closes the won market and buys and sells coins with cryptocurrency.
Yoon Joo-ho, CEO of Umbrella Research, said, "I understand that Gofax has been certified under the real name of Jeonbuk Bank and the won market with the invisible help of the financial authorities," adding, "As the re-reporting review is confirmed when the business is revised, Binance's aggressive operations through Gofax will not be easy."
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