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The Japanese Financial Services Agency has asked DMM Bitcoin to identify the cause of the theft and submit compensation guidelines to customers

On June 4th, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said that "such incidents will be completely prevented from happening again" in response to the improper outflow of cryptoassets from DMM Bitcoin. According to the person in charge of the Japanese Financial Services Agency, the agency has issued a report request order to DMM Bitcoin in accordance with the "Funds Settlement Law", asking it to report the cause investigation and compensation policy for customers. On May 31, it was reported that about $300 million worth of bitcoin from DMM Bitcoin wallet was stolen, and the platform has taken restrictive measures on some services.