“A tech savvy nation that highly valued digital goods and also had a penchant for gambling without a viable outlet was naturally drawn to cryptocurrencies. The densely packed and hyper-connected composition of Seoul allowed for word of the massive gains being made from cryptocurrency investments to spread rapidly throughout the population, creating a mania. The rise of cryptocurrency’s popularity coincided with political turmoil that distracted the government from a situation that under normal circumstances, it would have tried to control.”
Read more: https://www.cryptoambit.com/blog/2018/1/21/south-korea-and-the-crypto-craze
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