South Korea’s National Assembly has passed an amendment to the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, bringing cryptocurrency exchanges more directly under foreign-exchange regulatory oversight. The bill cleared the vote 212 in favor, 1 abstention, and 0 opposed, signaling a push toward tighter crypto rules in the country.

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