Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is planning to impose regulations on cryptocurrency wallet service providers, according to a published account of its latest meeting.
The agency gathered earlier this week for its ninth cryptocurrency study group meeting. The FSA also hosts regular study group meetings to discuss various crypto regulatory issues, particularly those concerning the regulation of cryptocurrency exchanges.
A major topic of its last meeting was a plan to regulate wallet service providers, given that currently, FSA regulations are not applicable to such services as such providers are not in the business of actually trading. The agency now feels that because such providers manage transfers and storage of digital currencies, they should be brought in line with financial regulation.
It was revealed that any new regulations would not apply to wallet software developers and hardware wallet manufacturers as these are often simply coded private facilities with no company backing.
The focus is again on money laundering and as such, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) regulations will become the basis for the new regulations according to the FSA. The FATF is an intergovernmental organization that designs and promotes policies and standards to combat financial crime. Recommendations created by the task force target money laundering, terrorist financing, and other threats to the global financial system.
Other issues discussed in this ninth meeting of the cryptocurrency study group around the topic of wallet services touched on stolen funds during cyber-attacks, wallet failures, money laundering, and other risks shared by crypto exchanges.
The FSA is continually updating its cryptocurrency regulations. At this last meeting, further measures to regulate the industry were discussed, such as financial audits and the separate management of funds belonging to service providers and customers. Also, it was suggested that during a transition period for introducing new wallet regulations service providers would not be able to add new businesses, customers, or coins supported by the wallet.
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