🕶️ Bittrex: ‘North Korean’ accounts flagged by NYDFS were South Korean

Two Bittrex accounts flagged by the New York Financial Services Department as residing in a sanctioned country, North Korea, were actually in South Korea, according to a statement released by Bittrex. The accounts, which were raised as one of many reasons not to grant Bittrex a NY BitLicense, were noted in an op-ed by the NYDFS' Shirin Emami published on CoinDesk. Bittrex says the accounts were investigated via IP address in Oct. 2017 and found to reside in South Korea.