The Korean National Police Agency recently finalized a draft directive on compliance matters at each stage of cryptocurrency confiscation, including for the first time a software wallet (hot wallet) management scheme for confiscated dark coins. Dark coins, due to their strong anonymity, are difficult to store in hardware wallets, and most mainstream exchanges do not support trading them. Previously, in the absence of relevant regulations, frontline law enforcement agencies could only store dark coins in software wallets. The estimated value of crypto assets confiscated by the Korean police in the past five years is approximately 54.5 billion won, including about 50.7 billion won of Bitcoin and about 1.8 billion won of Ethereum. The National Police Agency plans to complete the selection of a private custodian institution by the first half of the year. Three previous tenders failed, mainly because most qualified domestic custodian institutions were small to medium-sized, and the police budget was only 83 million won. Experts recommend establishing a government-led "public custodian" system to entrust confiscated crypto assets to professional trustees for unified management to prevent security incidents.