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Topic: [2018-01-17] Korea Blocks Access to Crypto Trading for Soldiers (Read 145 times)

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Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Korea announced on Monday that it is considering various regulatory measures against cryptocurrency as it could harm soldiers' morale. This is reported by The Korea Times.

Starting Monday, the ministry began blocking access to online cryptocurrency trading systems at internet cafes on military bases.

Read more: https://hype.codes/korea-blocks-access-crypto-trading-soldiers

What are your predictions about upcoming regulation in South Korea?


And meanwhile US is making a program full based on cryptocurrencies for the soldiers training… It is called Army Coin, was launched on July, 29th, 2017, and intends to use blockchain technology to create a platform where they can use a self-created cryptocurrency built over BTC… So US army is creating its own coin, the “Army Coin”. Maybe Korea is just having the same idea…

You can read about “Army coin” here: https://medium.com/@NODEfather/army-coin-the-us-army-blockchain-80ea8996194f

The Armycoin is not affiliated with the US Army or US government. If you go to the link for the site Armycoin.org it states that clearly that the Armycoin is not affiliated with the US Army.
legendary
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Cryptocoin trading could harm the soldiers morale? Have they made studies behind that claim? Because if not, then it is the responsibility of their journalists to do some investigative journalism and place the issue to the public eye. Their government cannot be allowed to release FUD after FUD just because they can.
legendary
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Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Korea announced on Monday that it is considering various regulatory measures against cryptocurrency as it could harm soldiers' morale. This is reported by The Korea Times.

Starting Monday, the ministry began blocking access to online cryptocurrency trading systems at internet cafes on military bases.

Read more: https://hype.codes/korea-blocks-access-crypto-trading-soldiers

What are your predictions about upcoming regulation in South Korea?


And meanwhile US is making a program full based on cryptocurrencies for the soldiers training… It is called Army Coin, was launched on July, 29th, 2017, and intends to use blockchain technology to create a platform where they can use a self-created cryptocurrency built over BTC… So US army is creating its own coin, the “Army Coin”. Maybe Korea is just having the same idea…

You can read about “Army coin” here: https://medium.com/@NODEfather/army-coin-the-us-army-blockchain-80ea8996194f
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Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Korea announced on Monday that it is considering various regulatory measures against cryptocurrency as it could harm soldiers' morale. This is reported by The Korea Times.

Starting Monday, the ministry began blocking access to online cryptocurrency trading systems at internet cafes on military bases.

Read more: https://hype.codes/korea-blocks-access-crypto-trading-soldiers

What are your predictions about upcoming regulation in South Korea?

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