日本金融厅决定修改加密货币交易所注册规则

CoinCheck因安全措施不足被黑客攻击之后，日本金融监管机构现在决定修改加密货币交易所注册规则和程序，旨在重建该国加密货币行业。

强化加密货币交易所审批流程

根据日本产经新闻社（Sankei Shimbun）报道，日本金融厅已经决定强化加密货币交易所注册审批规则和程序。对于那些已经申请但未获批准的加密货币交易所，日本金融厅将进一步强化注册审查程序。

一些所谓的“准交易所”在仅注册却未被审批的过程中，仍然被允许同步开展业务运营。对于通过初步审查过程的注册加密货币服务机构，日本金融厅会经常性地实施现场检查，如果这些交易所的检查结果无法令监管机构满意，也没有及时改善问题状况，他们将会勒令交易所“停业退出市场”。

日本金融厅之所以要这么做，显然是为了避免CoinCheck的悲剧再次发生。

重建日本加密货币行业

在对所有“准运营商”进行检查、并发现多个交易所安全措施不完善之后，日本金融厅决定加强规则。目前，五家加密货币交易所已经撤回了执照申请，还有一些交易所已经被勒令停业。

根据日本时事通讯社（Jiji Press）的报道称，一家名为Campfire的交易所也表示愿意撤回其注册申请。不仅如此，一些已经获得了日本金融厅执照的加密货币交易所也接受了检查，其中包括Quoine，Tech Bureau和GMO Coin，其中后两家交易所还收到了业务改进通知。

根据日本金融厅介绍，他们主要检查了交易所的用户保护体系、审计职能、是否有较好的企业管理措施，比如内部管理团队和业务操作团队是否独立等。

此外，日本产经新闻社报道称，现阶段，仍有100多家公司正在申请日本金融厅的加密货币交易所执照，其中包括知名即时通讯应用LINE。

英文原文

The Japanese financial regulator has revised its rules and procedures for registering cryptocurrency exchanges following the hack of Coincheck and the inspections that revealed many inadequate security measures of multiple exchanges. The regulator says its aim is to rebuild the crypto industry.

Strengthening Exchange Review Process

The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has reportedly strengthened its rules and procedures for approving the registrations of cryptocurrency exchanges, local media reported.

According to the Sankei Shimbun, the FSA “will strengthen the registration review” process for companies that have applied for registration but have not been approved. These companies, known as “quasi-operators” of cryptocurrencies, have been allowed to operate while their registrations are under review.

For registrars that pass the initial examination process, the agency will “proceed with [their] on-site inspections,” the news outlet detailed, adding that:

As a result of the inspection, it is a policy [of the FSA] to strongly seek ‘withdrawal’ from exchange companies that do not show improvement.

The process will help avoid a repeat of Coincheck’s situation since the hacked exchange applied for a license in September of last year but was allowed to keep operating as a quasi-operator. Coincheck has recently been acquired by Monex Group.

Rebuilding Crypto Industry

The FSA strengthened its rules after inspecting all quasi-operators and uncovered many inadequate security measures across multiple exchanges. Consequently, five companies have already withdrawn their applications and some exchanges were ordered to suspend operations. According to Jiji Press, the agency additionally revealed on Friday that another exchange, Campfire, is also “showing a willingness to withdraw its registration application.”

Some exchanges that have obtained licenses from the agency have also been inspected, including Quoine, Tech Bureau, and GMO Coin, the news outlet added. Tech Bureau and GMO Coin have already received business improvement orders from the agency. “We mainly examine the system of protecting users, the auditing function, which we do not know by reporting alone, whether they are exercising corporate governance by properly separating management and execution,” the FSA detailed.

Furthermore, over 100 companies are reportedly planning to enter the cryptocurrency exchange business, the Sankei Shimbun noted. Among them is Line Corporation which operates one of the world’s most popular chat apps, Line.

译者：36cup

来源：36Kr

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