South Korea’s Cryptocurrency Regulator Found Dead at Home

in #cryptocurrency7 years ago

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A South Korean official who guided Seoul’s regulatory clampdown on cryptocurrencies was found dead on Sunday, according to a government spokesman. Fifty-two-year-old Jung Ki-joon led the regulatory effort to implement tighter controls on cryptocurrency trading.

“He died from some unknown cause. He passed away while he was sleeping and [his] heart [had] already stopped beating when he was found dead.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-korean-cryptocurrency-regulator-found-dead-at-home-1519093020