South Korean FSC official denies report that companies will be allowed to issue real-name accounts for virtual assets next year

On December 24th, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea denied reports that “starting next year, companies will be allowed to issue virtual assets (cryptocurrencies) real-name accounts,” stating that the matter is still under discussion. In addition, there are media reports that the launch of virtual asset ETFs has been postponed after the revision of the virtual asset law, but an official from the Financial Services Commission responded that this is not true.