SK GO Who Worked on Cryptocurrency Regulations Found Dead at Home
Jung Ki-joon, a South Korean government official, was found dead at his home on Sunday.
Jung, 52, was the head of economic policy coordination at the Office for Government Policy Coordination and had taken up the responsibility to coordinate cryptocurrency regulation efforts in November 2017.
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the cause of death for Jung was unknown, but the police are presuming that his death was caused by a heart attack during his sleep.
As per local news, sources close to Jung mentioned that he had been under “heavy stress” ever since he started heading his team to devise cryptocurrency regulations to be followed in the country.
The sources did not come public with their identities or mention any particular stance of witnessing any significant issues with Jung’s health; however, the level of stress that could have come with Jung’s responsibilities cannot be denied, as South Korea is one of the world’s largest markets when it comes to cryptocurrencies, and had been functioning without any regulations until the last week of January 2018, when an initial set of regulations was implemented for cryptocurrency trading.
Jung had been spearheading the coordination of comments and opinions from various ministers and regulatory authorities along with other stakeholders and was one of the key members of the team that helped shape the regulations that were passed in January to end the anonymity of cryptocurrency transactions in South Korea.
The police department is currently investigating the cause of Jung’s death and is reportedly going to have it available in a few days’ time by the coroner’s office.