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South Korea’s Top Court Rules Bitcoin on Exchanges Can Be Seized
Yahoo Finance· 2026-01-09 08:31
South Korea’s Supreme Court has issued its first ruling, establishing that Bitcoin held on domestic exchanges such as Upbit and Bithumb can be legally seized under the Criminal Procedure Act, according to a local report from The Chosun Daily. The December 11 decision resolves years of legal ambiguity around whether cryptocurrencies stored on trading platforms constitute seizable property during criminal investigations. The ruling comes as South Korean authorities accelerate enforcement across the crypto ...