{"id":236224,"date":"2022-05-07T03:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=236224"},"modified":"2022-05-06T19:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:14:58","slug":"icos-are-coming-back-following-sweeping-crypto-reforms-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/icos-are-coming-back-following-sweeping-crypto-reforms-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"ICOs are coming back following sweeping crypto reforms in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"\">South Korea's <a href=\"https:\/\/newsis-com.translate.goog\/view\/?id=NISX20220503_0001857537&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en\">Presidential Transition Committee<\/a> is proposing a crypto framework designed to foster the growth of the digital asset industry.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>T<span class=\"\">he Digital Asset Framework Act aims to create an environment that encourages responsible growth based on investor trust. It will implement investor protection measures and improve &#8220;transaction stability,&#8221; which refers to activities related to issuing tokens, including NFTs and exchange listings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the proposals also include domestic Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) unbanning. Details show regulators will distinguish between &#8216;security' and &#8216;non-security' ICOs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"\">&#8220;it is planned to establish a regulatory system in the form of &#8216;security type' and &#8216;non-security type' such as utility and payment settlement depending on the economic substance of virtual assets.&#8221; <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>ICOs to make a comeback?<\/h2>\n<p>ICOs refer to a way for new crypto projects to raise money. Although they've been around since 2013, with the ICO launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/laurashin\/2017\/09\/21\/heres-the-man-who-created-icos-and-this-is-the-new-token-hes-backing\/?sh=65d559a51183\">Mastercoin<\/a>, it wasn't until 2017 that people began to take notice.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, cryptocurrency prices were booming, and it wasn't uncommon for early ICO investors to strike it rich overnight. During this boom phase, 800 ICOs sprung up, raising a collective total of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jeffkauflin\/2018\/10\/29\/where-did-the-money-go-inside-the-big-crypto-icos-of-2017\/?sh=1f78da3d261b\">$20 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, being unregulated instruments, many of those projects were scams looking to take advantage of the market euphoria.\u00a0 Research shows that as many as <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/on-the-block\/why-do-cryptocurrencies-have-such-a-bad-reputation-a3f35de7888\">80%<\/a> of ICOs launched during the ICO Boom were scams that took investors' money and quietly exited.<\/p>\n<p>ICOs were banned in South Korea in <a href=\"https:\/\/charltonsquantum.com\/regulation-cryptocurrency-initial-coin-offerings-ico-south-korea\/\">September 2017<\/a>\u00a0and in China around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=7ad8a7a8-cef7-49ab-b68d-6a2f27fb82a5\">same time<\/a>. Given their dubious reputation, new fundraising mechanisms took their place, such as Initial Exchange Offerings, Initial Securities Offerings, and Initial Stakepool Offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Under the <span class=\"\">Digital Asset Framework Act, <\/span>the stage is set for ICOs to make a comeback.<\/p>\n<h2>Crypto friendly President stays true to his word<\/h2>\n<p>Pro-crypto Yoon Suk-yeol won South Korea\u2019s presidential election in March 2022, beating political rival Lee Jae-myung in a narrow victory of less than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/asia\/yoon-suk-yeol-set-to-become-south-korea-s-next-president-20220309-p5a35e.html\">1%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Spotlight\/Cryptocurrencies\/South-Korea-s-incoming-president-vows-big-cryptocurrency-push\">Yoon<\/a> had promised to implement policies to legitimatize the crypto industry, including the unbanning of ICOs.<\/p>\n<p>Some were skeptical that Yoon would follow through, including Han Dae-hoon, an Analyst at SK Securities, who tentatively commented, &#8220;we will not know until we see it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, with Yoon's inauguration date set for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2022\/05\/04\/president-biden-announces-presidential-delegation-to-the-republic-of-korea-to-attend-the-inauguration-of-his-excellency-yoon-suk-yeol\/\">May 10<\/a>, it seems he's wasting no time in making things happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea&#8217;s Presidential Transition Committee is proposing a crypto framework designed to foster the growth of the digital asset industry. 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