[가상화폐] 정부, 한국 정부의 서명 요구에 부응

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https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korean-petition-against-crypto-regulation-gets-200k-signatures-government-must-respond

[참고 사이트]

South Korean Petition Against Crypto Regulation Gets 200K Signatures, Government Must Respond

Tuesday morning, Jan. 16, a South Korean petition against the regulation of virtual currency reached the amount of signatures required to compel a response from the government.

The online petition calling the government to reconsider its stance on cryptocurrency regulation was started on the website of the South Korean presidential office on Dec. 28.

On January 16, the petition obtained more than 212,700 signatures. According to the website of the presidential office, the minimum required for a government response is 200,000, thus officials are expected to react to the requests listed in the petition in the next 30 days.

The petition asks the government to renounce proposed trading regulations that would ruin “a happy dream” that has been enabled by digital currencies.

However, the petition still supports some of South Korea’s cryptocurrency regulations, such as banning anonymous trading accounts. Notably, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb also supports “the right set of regulations”.

Worried about a ‘cryptocurrency obsession’ in the country, the South Korean government started considering a range of regulatory measures for crypto.

Some of the proposed regulations include banning anonymous virtual trading accounts, forbidding underaged investors and foreigners from investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on the Korean market, and even banning cryptocurrency trading outright.

Cryptocurrency investing has become especially popular among South Korean youth since the country’s economic situation is notably hard for the young population. According to Quartz, the youth unemployment hit an all-time high rate of 12.5% in February 2017, compared to the average overall unemployment rate of 4.2%.

Overall, the stance of the South Korean government towards cryptocurrency regulation has been contradictory during the last month, made particularly confusing by the Justice Minister’s informal proposal of a cryptocurrency trading ban, which was then widely misreported by mainstream media.

[기사요약]

화요일 아침 1월 16일, 가상 화폐에 대한 한국의 탄원서는 정부의 대응을 강요하기 위해 필요한 서명량에 도달했다.

12월 2일 한국 정부 대변인의 웹 사이트에서 정부가 암호해독 규제에 대한 입장을 재검토하라는 온라인 청원서가 시작됐다.

1월 16일 청원서에 212,700 건 이상의 서명이 접수 되었다.

대통령 관저 웹 사이트에 따르면 정부의 대응에 필요한 최소한은 20 만명이므로 공무원은 향후 30일 내에 청원서에 나열된 요청에 대해 대응할 것으로 예상된다. 청원서는 정부에 디지털 통화로 가능해진 "행복한 꿈"을 망칠 수 있는 거래 규정을 포기하도록 요구하고 있다.