As long as NFTs, which are regarded as virtual assets, are deposited to exchanges in accordance with the FSC’s 2023 criteria, they can earn interest.
The financial watchdog in South Korea, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), released guidelines that make clear when nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, can be classified as virtual assets.
On June 10, the local news source News1 stated that if NFTs don’t have characteristics that set them apart from virtual assets, the FSC will regulate them like cryptocurrencies.
The regulator states that NFTs that can be paid with, are divisible, and are generated in large quantities will be regarded as virtual assets.
NFTs Manufactured in Bulk Might Be Used as Payment.
NFTs that have very little or no value will be handled differently. This is true for NFTs used for digital certificates or those used in ticketing. They are categorized as general NFTs in these circumstances.
In an interview, Jeon Yo-seop, the head of Financial Innovation Planning at the FSC, stated that it is quite likely that large-scale NFT collections will be utilized as payment.
The official emphasized that if a collection of one million NFTs were issued, there would be a large number of transactions. The official thinks that NFTs could be accepted as payment in this case.
In spite of this, the FSC stated that it will evaluate each collection individually in order to make a distinction. This implies that there wouldn’t be a set rule for interpreting NFTs in terms of crypto.
Furthermore, if NFTs exhibit characteristics listed in the nation’s Capital Markets Act, they may be regarded as securities, according to the new criteria.
NFTs For Virtual Assets May Be of Interest.
The South Korean regulator released a number of suggestions to assist stakeholders in navigating the legal framework of the nation before new regulations pertaining to virtual assets are put into effect in July 2024.
The FSC stated in 2023 that by July, users depositing money into a cryptocurrency exchange must get interest on their virtual assets. The regulator did clarify that ordinary NFTs and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are not covered by the regulation.
There are several exceptions to the general norm, even though typical NFTs and CBDCs are not. The FSC’s most recent update restates its remarks from the previous year, according to which NFTs that are categorized as virtual assets are eligible for interest when they are deposited on exchanges.
This implies that interest is payable on NFTs that are issued in large amounts and are used as payment.