South Korea’s FSC Mandates Financial Disclosures for Crypto Firms

• The reforms are intended to promote accounting transparency.
• South Koreans make up a sizable proportion of global cryptocurrency investors.

In an effort to boost market transparency, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea has mandated that beginning in 2024, crypto firms that issue or possess cryptocurrencies include particular crypto disclosures in their financial statements.

The new law mandates that cryptocurrency enterprises disclose their coin’s revenues, volume, and market value, as well as the amount, properties, operational methods, and accounting processes associated with the selling of virtual currencies.

Promoting Accounting Transparency

The FSC announced its decision on the proposed guidelines on July 1. After the approval of the Virtual Asset User Protection Act on June 30. Moreover, the reforms are intended to promote accounting transparency.

Businesses and their auditors used to argue on the timing and criteria for determining whether or not the sale of virtual assets to customers constituted profit. After a firm has fulfilled its obligations to its holders. The sale of any virtual assets will be accounted for as a gain under these rules.

Furthermore, South Koreans make up a sizable proportion of global cryptocurrency investors, says data aggregator Xangle. The Korean won was the third most popular currency for buying crypto throughout the world in 2022. This is after the US dollar and the Japanese yen.

Moreover, the country is often regarded as Asia’s cryptocurrency epicenter. Also, the Korean market is responsible for almost 30% of all crypto trade globally, according to estimates.

South Korea’s parliament passed the Virtual Asset Protection Act late last month in an effort to crack down on market manipulation and limit insider trading. Moreover, the FSC states that other changes to digital asset accounting methods were triggered by this regulation.

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