South Korean financial regulations require domestic cryptocurrency exchanges to hold at least 80% of customer virtual assets in offline cold storage

How governments worldwide set rules for digital assets through legislation, agency rulemaking, licensing regimes and court fights.

The venues where digital assets trade, from Coinbase and Binance to decentralized protocols, with their listings, licenses, custody and failures.

Rules for who may hold digital assets on behalf of others and how, covering qualified custodians, banking charters, and the accounting treatment of custodied crypto.