Bitcoin

South Korea temporarily lifts Upbit’s 3-month ban on serving new clients

A South Korean court temporarily raised the suspension of partial affairs on Upbit Crypto Exchange which had prohibited the negotiation platform from serving new customers for three months.

On February 25, the South Korea Financial Intelligence (FIU) sanctioned the exchange, imposing a three -month ban on deposits and withdrawals for new customers. The FIU previously declared that the suspension was in response to upbit violations of policies which prohibit exchanges from transgugance with unregistered virtual active service providers (VASP).

In response to the sanction of the CRF, the parent company of Upbit, Dunamu, filed a complaint against the CRF, seeking to cancel the partial suspension order. In addition, Dunamu asked for an injunction to temporarily raise the suspension order.

On March 27, the local media Newsis reported that the court granted the injunction, moving the suspension order 30 days after the trial of the court. This allows Upbit to serve new customers while the legal battle continues.