South Korea 's Shinhan Bank is introducing measures aimed at clamping down on fraudulent trades involving securities linked to cryptocurrencies . In a statement , Shinhan said dedicated employees will scrutinise suspicious transactions , ahead of plans to deploy an Internet - based monitoring system to quickly and accurately identify illegal transactions . The bank aims to employ specially trained staff to analyze transactions related to such crypto related accounts under ‘special measures.’ The crackdown follows several attacks on the country 's stock exchanges , with Bithumb alone suffering losses of around $ 30 m .
South Korea 's Shinhan Bank is introducing measures aimed at clamping down on fraudulent trades involving securities linked to cryptocurrencies . In a statement , Shinhan said dedicated employees will scrutinise suspicious transactions , ahead of plans to deploy an Internet - based monitoring system to quickly and accurately identify illegal transactions . The crackdown follows several attacks on the country 's stock exchanges , with Bithumb alone suffering losses of around $ 30 m .