{"id":355769,"date":"2018-10-30T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=355769"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:31:29","slug":"coincheck-resumes-new-account-openings-customers-deposits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/coincheck-resumes-new-account-openings-customers-deposits\/","title":{"rendered":"Coincheck Resumes New Account Openings, Customers Deposits"},"content":{"rendered":"
Coincheck, the Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange victim of a $500 million worth theft, has resumed new account openings, customer deposits, and purchasing of some digital currencies.<\/p>\n
The operator had suspended some services following the late January incident in order to protect customers’ assets and investigate the cause of hacking.<\/p>\n
The theft of $500 million worth of NEM in early 2018 caused alarm in Japan, forcing the hand of the country’s financial watchdog, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), to be more demanding of cryptocurrency exchanges operating in its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n
Coincheck has improved its\u00a0governance and internal control throughout the year in order to safely restart its activities, the company explained in the announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n “In particular,\u00a0we resumed JPY withdrawal in February 2018 and remitting and selling of cryptocurrencies\u00a0gradually during the period from March to June 2018. And now, here we announce that\u00a0Coincheck has resumed “new account openings” and “customers’ depositing and\u00a0purchasing some cryptocurrencies” services today.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The cryptocurrencies made available for deposit are BTC, ETC, LTC, and BCH, which are also available for purchase. Bitcoin trading on Coincheck was never suspended and users were always able to sell any cryptocurrency on their portfolios.<\/p>\n New account openings are only available for customers residing in Japan. The registration process includes the\u00a0submission of identification documents and a KYC check, before receiving a postcard-sized letter from Japan Post instructing the account activation.<\/p>\n Coincheck requests\u00a0existing customers to generate a depositing address when reusing the\u00a0depositing service. If a remittance is sent to the old deposit\u00a0address, the operator will not\u00a0reflect it on the user’s balance nor return it back.<\/p>\n