Main Opposition Candidate for President of South Korea Pledges Support for Cr...

Main Opposition Candidate for President of South Korea Pledges Support for Cr...

The leading presidential candidate of the opposition in South Korea has promised voters to ease the tax burden on crypto-related profits through exemptions. In a recent statement, Yoon Suk-yeol indicated that crypto investors will be treated like those who put money into stocks. Presidential Candidate Looks to Attract Young Voters With Crypto Tax Cuts Yoon Suk-yeol, the nominee of South Korea’s conservative People Power Party for the upcoming presidential elections in March, has announced his intention to back the raising of the threshold for the tax on gains from crypto....


Related News

Presidential Candidate in South Korea to Raise Funds in Cryptocurrency, Issue...

Lee Jae-myung, nominated by the ruling party in South Korea for the upcoming presidential elections this spring, is preparing to raise funds in cryptocurrencies and issue non-fungible tokens for supporters. His campaign hopes that the initiative will woo young and tech-savvy Korean voters whose interest in digital assets is growing. Ruling Party of South Korea to Collect Crypto Funds for Presidential Bid The Democratic Party of Korea, the country’s leading political force, is going to raise election funds through cryptocurrency and issue receipts to donors in the form of....

Crypto-friendly Yoon Suk-yeol wins Sth Korean presidency, ICX surges 60%

Conservative, crypto-friendly candidate Yoon Suk-yeol has claimed victory in the South Korean presidential election, with the token used to mint his signature as an NFT surging 60%. Conservative South Korean presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol has officially been elected as South Korea’s next president.The election was one of the closest in South Korean history, according to BBC coverage, which saw Yoon, representing the conservative People Power Party, claim victory over his more politically progressive opponent, Lee Jae-myung, by a margin of less than 1%. Cryptocurrency played a leading....

South Korea and Indonesia are Considering Fintech Collaboration

Indonesia and South Korea are thinking about joining forces in an attempt to boost the FinTech industry to help the burgeoning sector in both countries, reports The Jakarta Post. Last month South Korea announced that it is going to introduce bitcoin regulations in 2017 as digital currencies continue to grow in the country. According to the report, bitcoin adoption has increased significantly in South Korea, amounting to 1.5 trillion won in transactions. It was recently reported that the South Korean government was pushing ahead with the system expansion of digital currency to promote the....

South Korea Postpones Crypto Taxations; Repeals 2017 ICO Ban

South Korea’s incumbent president Yoon Suk-yeol has decided to delay the crypto taxation by reportedly wanting to adopt a different regulatory framework. President-elect Yoon is quite firm on remaining crypto-friendly as he might lift the ban on Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that was imposed in 2017. This move is one of the many other important […]

South Korea Begins to Fulfill President Elect’s Pledge to Bolster the NFT Eco...

An announcement by South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism appeared to fulfill incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol’s pledge to bolster the metaverse ecosystem after saying it will adopt a non-fungible token (NFT) copyright policy. Supporting the Metaverse Ecosystem The South Korean government appeared to fulfill president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s campaign pledge after the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on April 12 that it will adopt an NFT copyright policy. This copyright policy is expected to help South Korea deal with the scourge of fake....