주식회사 HS88이 주최하는 블록체인 정기 컨퍼런스 Korea BlockChain Conference(이하 ‘KBCC’)가 그랜드 인터컨티넨탈 서울 파르나스 그랜드볼룸에서 지난 15일 개최됐다.
KBCC는 ‘블록체인 산업의 성장과 발전을 위한 방향성’을 공유하고 제안할 수 있는 장을 마련하고자 기획되었고, 그 공적인 취지에 공감을 표하며 국내외 다수 블록체인 기업 인사들이 참여 하여 자리를 빛냈다.
HS88 김호성 회장의 개회사로 시작된 오프닝 세션은 국민의힘 원희룡 의원과 CHAINUP Zhong Gengfa 대표, 그리고 Light DeFi Germano Sales 대표의 영상 축사, 세계블록체인기구(WBO) 이상기 회장의 현장 축사로 막을 올렸다.
이후 부산 블록체인산업협회 박훈기 사무총장, 고려대 정보보호 대학원 김형중 특임교수가 연사로 참여하여 각각 블록체인의 실현, 암호화폐와 디지털 경제 주제로, 체인파트너스 표철민 대표는 ‘크립토 시장과 외환시장의 연결’을 주제로 오랜만에 공식 연설을 선보였다.
오후 세션1 에서는 최근 가장 핫한 NFT 관련 주요 기업 대표들의 연설이 진행됐다. ▲임선묵(데이터젠) 대표는 ‘NFT가 가져올 자산 유동화 및 디지털 금융 대혁신’ ▲이정륜(블록체인기술연구소) 대표는 ‘NFT 데이터 보안을 위한 블록체인 기술’ ▲신선호(GDA) 부회장은 ‘NFT가 만들어갈 새로운 엔테테인먼트 컨텐츠 시장’ ▲전명산(소셜인프라테크) 대표는 ‘디파이, NFT 이후 트렌드는?’을 주제로 NFT 산업에 대한 연설이 이루어졌다. 세션1의 마무리 연설은 정성훈(파우누스 재단) 대표의 ‘블록체인 기술활용을 통한 논휴먼 바이오 헬스케어 사업’을 주제로 블록체인 기술의 실사용 케이스를 선보이며 종료됐다.
오후 세션2 에서는 다수의 연사가 한번에 참여하여 의견을 나누는 패널 디스커션으로 진행되었다. 첫번째 주제는 ‘블록체인 기술과 혁신, 그리고 기회’를 주제로 Jenny Zheng(Blockcast) 대표의 진행 하에 Anndy Lian(Big One 거래소)의장, Davy Goh(Passion VC) 대표, Joe Lu(Origin Storage) VP, 그리고 황병선(빅뱅엔젤스) 대표가 블록체인 기술에 대하여 각자의 의견을 교환했다.
두번째 주제는, ‘NFT의 가치, 보편화를 위한 방향성’을 주제로 신창섭(HS88) 기획/마케팅 리더의 지행 하에 김윤수(세번째 공간) 대표, 전준호(크립원드코리아) 대표이사, 그리고 정학수(코리아앱) 대표이사가 NFT의 상용화와 가치, 현재 문제점 등에 대하여 각자의 의견을 교환했다.
이번 1회를 시작으로 하여 ‘블록체인 산업 발전’을 위한 다양한 주제로 앞으로도 지속적으로 국제 컨퍼런스를 개최할 예정이다.
KBCC 관계자는 “KBCC는 기존 컨퍼런스와 다르게 기업 후원, 광고 등을 통한 수익 모델이 없다”며, “오로지 블록체인 산업의 성장에 대한 방향성에 초점을 두고 있으며, 부스 또한 무료로 제공하여 NFT, 메타버스 등 블록체인 스타트업에게 홍보 기회를 제공할 예정이다”고 밝혔다.
Singapore has long been praised for being a forward-thinking, progressive jurisdiction that supports technology and innovation. This has enticed a horde of cryptocurrency and blockchain startups to set up shop in the nation, lured by its seemingly openness to the industry. However, these companies are now facing roadblocks and finding it rather challenging to operate in the city-state.
Just a couple of weeks ago, operators of cryptoATMs were forced to shut down their machines after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) outlawed cash-to-crypto terminals. The move is part of a wider crackdown on advertising cryptocurrencies to the general public, which MAS believes shouldn’t be encouraged to engage in the trading of digital assets.
New guidelines were issued on January 17, 2022 prohibiting cryptocurrency trading service providers from promoting their services to the general public, specifically calling out ATMs for providing such access and convenience that “may mislead the public to trade in digital payment tokens (DPTs) on impulse, without considering convenient access may mislead the public to trade in the risks of trading in DPTs.”
“DPT service providers should not provide physical ATMs in public areas in Singapore to facilitate public access to their DPT services,” the guidelines say.
Crypto service providers may promote their services on their own corporate website, mobile applications or official social media accounts but mustn’t trivialize the risks of trading digital assets, the document reads.
These companies shouldn’t promote their DPT services in public areas in Singapore or through any other media directed at the general public in Singapore, and shouldn’t engage third parties to advertise their services, it says.
The move is the latest setback for Singapore’s crypto industry in which many are struggling to secure crypto exchange or DPT licenses.
So far, MAS has only granted three licenses out of around 170 companies that applied. Over a hundred have withdrawn their applications or been rejected and at least one has received “in-principle approval.”
Companies that were operating in the country prior to the introduction of the licensing regime were granted exemptions until the outcome of their application is known.
Crypto startups turn to Dubai
Last year, Binance Asia Services, the Singapore entity of crypto exchange Binance, withdrew its application for a cryptocurrency exchange license in the city-state after spending a year trying to win regulators’ approval.
The company, which shut down its operations in Singapore earlier this month, has instead decided to move to Dubai after signing a deal with the Dubai World Trade Centre Authority (DWTCA) to build a new international virtual assets hub.
According to Anndy Lian, chairman of BigOne Exchange, a crypto exchange headquartered in the Netherlands, crypto companies started exiting the city-state six months ago, opting instead for locations such as Dubai and Europe to base their companies.
“The trend is obvious. Businesses are moving away,” Lian told Tech in Asia earlier this month. “Singapore is openly welcoming everybody, then openly rejecting almost everybody.”
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has over 40 multidisciplinary free trade zones, among them the DWTCA. These areas have their own special tax, customs and import regimes, and are designed to attract foreign investment.
Several of the UAE’s free zones have been actively working towards establishing themselves into leading crypto and blockchain hubs, with some having already started issuing permits for virtual asset services providers.
So far, the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has licensed 22, the Abu Dhabi Global Market has six, and the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority has at least one, according to a government report seen by Bloomberg. Dubai International Financial Centre, meanwhile, has none for now.
DMCC Free Zone
A blog post released on January 25, 2022 by crypto gaming company Quantum Works details how the DMCC has wooed the startup into moving to Dubai from the UK, highlighting the burgeoning crypto community there.
“DMCC has partnered with CV VC (Crypto-Valley Venture Capital) and CV Labs to launch the crypto center we now call home,” the company wrote.
“While most of the free world is spending time trying to figure out how to legislate crypto, … Dubai is ahead of the global curve when it comes to crypto taxes and legislation.
“There are over 20,000 companies in this blockchain network that we now have access to. Companies like Binance see the same opportunity here as us.”
At the federal level, the government is working on a crypto licensing regime which it hopes will help bring in some of the world’s biggest crypto companies, a government official told Bloomberg earlier this week.
The Securities and Commodities Authority is currently in the final stage of amending legislation to allow virtual asset services providers to set up. The first federal licenses are expected to be issued by the end of Q1 2022.
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