South Korea cryptocurrency users are voting en masse against the country’s prospective trading ban and demanding ministers resign.
Ban Bitcoin? Fire The Government
The results of two government surveys shows support exceeding 100,000 people for halting the restrictions on trading, while more than 30,000 want to see the justice minister and finance minister fired for “market manipulation.”
South Korean lawmakers have stepped up efforts to severely limit cryptocurrency activity under their jurisdiction in recent months.
Tax obligations, a single exchange account per citizen and bans on ICOs and Bitcoin futures have combined to produce an overall hostile environment in what was once the biggest Bitcoin trading market in the world.