{"id":"tp-1201","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – February 1st, 2019","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/1201","datePublished":"2019-02-01T11:29:43.000Z","dateModified":"2019-02-01T11:29:43.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"South Korea to keep ICO ban in place South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced that it does not plan to lift the ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs), which was imposed in September 2017, CoinDes…","section":"Technology","references":[{"title":"South Korea to keep ICO ban in place","url":"https://tokenpost.com/South-Korea-to-keep-ICO-ban-in-place-1193"},{"title":"UK Financial Conduct Authority launches consultation on cryptoasset guidance","url":"https://tokenpost.com/UK-Financial-Conduct-Authority-launches-consultation-on-cryptoasset-guidance-1144"},{"title":"Bank of Thailand completes Phase I of wholesale CBDC project, says 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