# Taiwan allows banks to temporarily freeze foreign nationals' accounts **URL:** \ **Category:** Money\ **Created:** [February 5, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-allows-banks-to-temporarily-freeze-foreign-nationals-accounts/256021 "2026-02-05T09:30:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DKaoshuing](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dkaoshuing/32/127142_2.png) [@DKaoshuing](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DKaoshuing)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-allows-banks-to-temporarily-freeze-foreign-nationals-accounts/256021/1 "2026-02-05T09:30:18Z")
# Taiwan allows banks to temporarily freeze foreign nationals’ accounts, news link has more information on it [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6294981](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6294981) ---
**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-allows-banks-to-temporarily-freeze-foreign-nationals-accounts/256021/2 "2026-02-05T09:55:54Z")
Already some discussion about this here: > [@Foreigners banking discrimination?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/foreigners-banking-discrimination/206500/199): > > Bank accounts registered to foreign nationals who leave Taiwan under one of four designated scenarios will be flagged as high-risk for potential misuse as mule accounts, an official with the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) told CNA. The situations include departing after the expiration or early termination of a work contract, being reported as missing or absconding, or being detained for illegal entry or unlawful employment, according to the official, who requested anonymity. […] St… ---
**Author:** ![bz](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ec9cab/32.png) [@bz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bz)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-allows-banks-to-temporarily-freeze-foreign-nationals-accounts/256021/3 "2026-02-05T23:48:59Z")
Yes? All countries do that under various circumstances… 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![crusher](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/crusher/32/235005_2.png) [@crusher](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/crusher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 9:35am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-allows-banks-to-temporarily-freeze-foreign-nationals-accounts/256021/4 "2026-02-08T09:35:38Z")
The Epstein coin. :rofl: You couldn’t make this sh.t up. ---
**Author:** ![bz](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ec9cab/32.png) [@bz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bz)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-allows-banks-to-temporarily-freeze-foreign-nationals-accounts/256021/5 "2026-02-22T00:10:40Z")
> [@crusher](#): > > Epstein coin Wait, what? 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![crusher](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/crusher/32/235005_2.png) [@crusher](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/crusher)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-allows-banks-to-temporarily-freeze-foreign-nationals-accounts/256021/6 "2026-02-22T01:07:19Z")
> [@bz](#): > > > [@crusher](#): > > > > Epstein coin > > Wait, what? 🤯 Below is the facts any more than that is conspiracy that may or may not be true. “ MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative: Epstein was a key financial pillar behind the launch of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) in 2015 . His “gift funds,” facilitated through then-MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, helped establish the DCI as a crucial funding source for Bitcoin Core developers after the Bitcoin Foundation ran into financial trouble . This funding helped pay prominent developers like Wladimir van der Laan and Cory Fields, positioning MIT as a central hub for protocol work . · 📈 Early Investments in Crypto Companies: Epstein made direct investments in two cornerstone companies of the American crypto industry in 2014. He invested $3 million in Coinbase\*\* during its Series C funding round, a deal brokered by Tether co-founder Brock Pierce . He also invested approximately \*\*$500,000 in Blockstream, a Bitcoin infrastructure firm co-founded by Adam Back .” Sources The DOJ (Confirmed) , New York Times, Yahoo Finance The Guardian ---
**Author:** ![bz](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ec9cab/32.png) [@bz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bz)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-allows-banks-to-temporarily-freeze-foreign-nationals-accounts/256021/7 "2026-02-22T02:27:18Z")
> [@crusher](#): > > Epstein was a key financial pillar behind the launch of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) in 2015 Ooooh, crypto, not physical coinage, I was thinking of the commemorative coins His Orangeness has been mooting - it _really_ wouldn’t surprise me if he had one for Epstein in the works! 😂