{"id":564138,"date":"2026-03-04T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/south-korea-moves-to-cap-crypto-exchange-shareholder-stakes-at-20-report\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:53:00","slug":"south-korea-moves-to-cap-crypto-exchange-shareholder-stakes-at-20-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/south-korea-moves-to-cap-crypto-exchange-shareholder-stakes-at-20-report\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea moves to cap crypto exchange shareholder stakes at 20%: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5Y2I4ZTAtMzA4MC03Mzg2LWFjYmMtMDMyYjk0YjY1ZjVjLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"South Korea moves to cap crypto exchange shareholder stakes at 20%: Report\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s government and ruling party reportedly agreed on a proposal to cap major shareholder stakes in crypto exchanges at 20%, with limited exemptions for new operators.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s government and ruling party have reportedly agreed on a plan to cap the ownership stakes of major shareholders in domestic crypto exchanges at 20%.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party of Korea\u2019s digital asset task force and the Financial Services Commission (FSC) agreed to set the maximum shareholding limit at 20% after discussions, <a href=\"https:\/\/biz.heraldcorp.com\/article\/10686983\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/biz.heraldcorp.com\/article\/10686983\">according<\/a> to a Wednesday report by local media outlet Herald Economy.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">However, regulators may allow exceptions of up to 34% for new businesses through an enforcement decree. The threshold references the Commercial Act\u2019s 33.3% veto threshold in general shareholders\u2019 meetings, per the report. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/south-korea-crypto-exchange-shareholder-cap-20-percent\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea\u2019s government and ruling party reportedly agreed on a proposal to cap major shareholder stakes in crypto exchanges at 20%, with limited exemptions for new operators. South Korea\u2019s government and ruling party have reportedly agreed on a plan to cap the ownership stakes of major shareholders in domestic crypto exchanges at 20%. The Democratic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":564139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-564138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}