PANews reported on April 13th, citing News1, that the Bank of Korea, in its annual payment and settlement report, stated that to prevent a recurrence of incidents like Bithumb's erroneous distribution of trillions of won worth of Bitcoin, it should consider introducing a circuit breaker mechanism similar to that in the securities market into the cryptocurrency industry. The Bank of Korea's analysis suggests that the core reason for the Bithumb incident was the lack of internal control mechanisms: employees could distribute digital assets without superior approval, and the internal ledger and blockchain wallet balances were only reconciled once a day, indicating structural vulnerabilities.

The Bank of Korea has proposed establishing a dual-confirmation system to enable real-time automatic reconciliation between the ledger and on-chain balances, and developing an IT system capable of blocking abnormal transactions. Furthermore, the Bank of Korea plans to officially launch an offshore won settlement system in 2027, employing real-time gross settlement to reduce credit risk. This system will be built separately from the Bank of Korea's financial network to maintain the latter's functionality and stability.