Japan's financial regulator is set to introduce new Initial Coin Offering regulations to protect investors from fraud, local news outlet Jiji Press reported Dec. 1.According to "Informed" sources cited by Jiji, business operators conducting ICOs will be required to register with Japan's Financial Services Agency.
The agency is reportedly planning to submit bills revising financial instruments, exchanges and payment services laws to the ordinary parliamentary session that starts in January.
This action has been undertaken "In view of a number of possibly fraudulent ICO cases abroad" as a way "To limit individuals' investment in ICOs for better protecting them."
A study reported by Cointelegraph this July identified 80 percent of the ICOs conducted in 2017 as scams.
As Cointelegraph Japan reported last month, the FSA Study Group on Virtual Currency Exchange industry conducted its tenth meeting to discuss ICOs.
The tokens emitted during ICOs where classified into three categories: virtual currencies without issuer, virtual currencies with issuer and tokens with issuers that are also obliged to distribute revenues.
According to the report, the first and second token classifications are subject to settlement regulation such as the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
The third of ICO tokens is subject to investment regulations like the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
Japan's Financial Regulator to Introduce New ICO Regulations
Publié le Dec 2, 2018
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