The korea Digital asset industry discussed mentioned crypto tax, DeFi markets, nonfungible tokens and also the metaverse throughout its meeting on Thursday.


The korea Digital asset trade Committee, comprising of leading blockchain specialists in south korea, has called for the formation of a government committee dedicated to serving to and advancing digital asset businesses within the country.


The group of specialists gathered on thursday to discuss numerous ways in which in which korea might become a leading digital asset market and what role the government should play to achieve that. The specialists believed that blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies would become pivotal tools for the Fourth industrial revolution.


The blockchain specialists known as upon the government to support the nascent cryptocurrency trade together with alternative rising use cases, like decentralized finance, decentralized autonomous organizations, nonfungible tokens and also the metaverse.


South Korea’s crypto regulations are seen as some of the toughest, given nearly 200 small to medium-sized crypto exchanges had to shut their operations after regulators’ mandate for crypto exchanges to form real-name bank accounts for users.


The financial Conduct Authority, the chief regulator in the country, has also prohibited exchanges from facilitating anonymous transactions and barred the utilization of privacy wallets. The regulators had earlier proposed a 200th tax on crypto gains, however the proposal was postponed amid an absence of clarity on crypto regulations. whereas regulators have shown a strict stance toward the virtual asset market, they appear quite optimistic on metaverse because the country declared a $187-million investment within the national metaverse project.


South Korea’s crypto market has thrived despite the regulative hurdles and rose to become a $45.9billion industry in 2021.







(Prashant jha, cointelegraph, 2022)