Digital currency regulation in Japan
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at present, there are few countries in the world that issue supervision licenses for digital currency asset transactions, such as austrac license in Australia, MTR digital currency transaction / wallet license in Estonia, token license in Thailand and jvcea virtual currency transaction license in Japan
among the digital currency trading licenses in the above countries, Japan and Thailand have too high qualification requirements, and few exchanges or indivials meet the qualification requirements
Australia austrac and Estonian MTR can basically meet the qualification requirements. However, after the amendment of Estonian act on March 10, 2020, and the promulgation of the act on qualification, capital verification and local actual office space, the application cycle will be extended accordingly
at present, only ausrac in Australia is the most suitable license for digital currency asset trading license. It does not need capital verification, certificate fee and local office address. The application cycle is short and the qualification requirements are low. It can basically meet the qualification requirements. It has high international reputation and is the most cost-effective license at present. It can be considered directly
on September 4, 2017, the people's Bank of China and other seven ministries and commissions issued the "notice on preventing the financing risk of token issuance", which cleaned up the ICO and virtual currency trading venues. The scale of domestic virtual currency transactions decreased significantly, effectively avoiding the impact of virtual currency prices on China's financial market.
Japan is also the first country in the world to legislate on virtual currency. Just in April last year, Japan's "change of capital payment law" was formally established. Virtual currency is defined as having the function of currency and can be used for monetary payment. Moreover, some time ago, the tycoons of the domestic currency circle also went to Japan one after another to learn from Japan
Finally, the popularity of virtual currency in Japan is also the intentional guidance of the Japanese government. The emergence of virtual currency gives the Japanese government a new "future". The Japanese government hopes to establish a monetary system independent of the U.S. regulation through virtual currency, so as to revive its so-called great power statushowever, we should also see that Japan's too loose virtual monetary environment has also led to many negative problems. For example, the frequent theft of virtual currency makes the Japanese government have to intervene in the asset security of the virtual currency market. As a result, Japan has strengthened the supervision of virtual currency, and the virtual currency market has become a bit quiet - exchanges such as hotcoin and BIGone have even given up Japanese language services
the FSA said that it would put Japan's digital currency exchange under a comprehensive regulatory framework, including monitoring the internal system of the exchange, checking the customer asset protection mechanism, and possible on-site inspection. At the same time, the FSA requires digital currency exchanges including bitcoin to implement a more stringent KYC policy than at present. Exchanges must begin to verify the identity of account users, keep transaction records, and report suspicious transactions to regulators
the conditions for the registration and establishment of Japanese digital currency dealers:
the establishment of a Japanese corporate company
leasing Japanese office
three Japanese employees are employed, one of whom is a director of a Japanese company
Japanese companies open bank to company accounts
there is a normal trading system (Japanese version is not required)
provide KYC information (specifically prepare the government information list)
the services include company registration before obtaining the license, assistance in leasing office space, assistance in recruitment of company employees, preparation of audit reports in cooperation with accounting firms, AML and KYC reports, business plans, all compliance documents to be submitted to FSA prepared with Japanese law firms, and answering all questions raised by FSA
in the process of obtaining a digital currency dealer license and in the process of future operation, traders must employ at least three employees, at least one of whom has a digital currency or bitcoin background or financial background
follow up maintenance: first, ensure the normal operation of the Japanese office and the daily work system of employees. Annual financial and audit reports should be submitted to the financial department of Japan every year. The contents of the reports are large, including the transaction details of virtual currency, the number of customers, the number of traders, the handling fees, the amount of customers' funds, etc. After obtaining the license, all the operation related expenses need to be paid by the dealer.
At the G20 meeting, different countries held different views on digital currency, some strongly resisted it, and some actively supervised it. Now let's take a look at the attitudes of the G20 countries towards digital currency
In a statement, the Canadian Securities Regulatory Agency (CSA) said that considering the whole process of ICO issuance, many ICO tokens meet the definition of securities and require them to comply with the securities law. In addition, the CSA noted that ICOS may also be derivatives, subject to derivatives laws passed by Canadian securities regulators, including trade reporting rules. Regulators said they welcome companies that are about to conct ICO to enter the "regulatory sandbox" to test new financial procts in a limited environmentIndia
the securities and Exchange Commission of India is planning guidelines for the regulation of the bitcoin market in India. In addition, the securities and Exchange Commission of India set up a financial regulatory commission and held meetings with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials. The SEC also plans to regulate whether bitcoin derivatives and other cryptocurrencies are used to raise funds illegally
In August 2013, Germany announced the recognition of bitcoin's legal status. Then, in May 2016, Japan approved the digital currency regulation act for the first time, defining bitcoin as wealth. In addition, the United States and Canada recognized bitcoin separately
but we will find that bitcoin is still prohibited in our country. The main reasons are as follows
1, the particularity of bitcoin
therefore, for those countries with strong finance and easy to attract wealth, bitcoin is a sharp weapon, which is naturally included in the legal status
for us, bitcoin is an invisible damage to our country. It is not regulated, transfers assets and wealth, and hinders all kinds of criminal actions. And it also brings bad atmosphere, which makes people have speculative psychology
therefore, bitcoin in our country naturally needs to be banned< br />