South Korean authorities move to clean up and cool down cryptocurrency markets

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Are the brakes being put on Korea’s cryptocurrency craze? The government recently confirmed a plan to impose a 20 percent income tax on capital gains from cryptocurrency transactions starting next year. Now, this is a very sensitive subject that reaches right to the heart of fundamental social obstacles facing younger people in particular. So, what's going on?

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