Japan & GDAX Plan to Halt Bitcoin Trading

Japan & GDAX plan to halt Bitcoin Trading in preparation
for the impending User-Activated Soft Fork, UASF, to activate
the Segregated Witness, SegWit.
I think that IT IS SIMILAR TO STOCK MARKET CIRCUIT BREAKERS
to PROTECT INVESTORS, but the Crypto Markets' on panic mode.
Recently South Korea passed the
similar crypto law to protect investors.

https://www.ethnews.com/freeze-japan-cryptocurrency-business-association-prepares-for-bitcoin-fork
https://good-stockinvest.com/2017/07/14/gdax-plans-to-suspend-bitcoin-withdrawals-if-uasf-activates/