The South Korean financial regulatory authority has issued guidelines for virtual asset lending services, prohibiting excessive leveraged lending
According to ChainCatcher news, as reported by Newsprime, South Korea's financial regulatory authorities have introduced the first guidelines for virtual asset lending services. Due to intensified competition among exchanges leading to increased risks for investors, regulators have comprehensively banned leverage and cash lending, set individual limits and fee caps, and blocked behaviors similar to short selling. The Financial Services Commission of South Korea announced that it will implement the self-regulatory "Virtual Asset Lending Business Guidelines" formulated by the Financial Supervisory Service and DAXA.The new guidelines focus on three core areas: service scope restrictions, user protection, and market stability. The guidelines explicitly prohibit excessive leveraged lending and cash lending in Korean won, requiring exchanges to use their own assets to provide services, and banning third-party entrustment or indirect lending models. In terms of strengthening user protection measures, first-time users must complete DAXA's online education and adaptive testing, with lending limits set between 30 million to 70 million Korean won based on differences in trading experience; users must be informed in advance before forced liquidation risks occur, and additional margin is allowed; the annual fee rate must not exceed 20%, and the current lending status and liquidation cases of various currencies must be publicly disclosed. Regarding market stability measures, the lending targets are limited to assets ranked in the top 20 by market capitalization or listed on more than three Korean exchanges, excluding trading warning items and suspicious coins with abnormal trading; there is a requirement to establish internal control mechanisms to prevent market fluctuations caused by excessive concentration of specific coins.