OpenSea<\/strong> platform, where they will be auctioned individually for a minimum bid of WETH 1 (wrapped ethereum [WETH]). In addition to an artistic rendering of each candidate, they feature video footage of the candidates making speeches on the campaign trail taken from YTN coverage of the election. No bids have yet been submitted on any of the tokens, with the auction set to close on February 4.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, back in the world of delivering the news, Yonhap, YTN\u2019s former parent company, reported that Statistics Korea, an agency under the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, will ask 20,000 households based around the country to report how much crypto they own on March 31.<\/p>\n
Statistics Korea conducts similar surveys on a yearly basis, but has never before asked households to report their crypto holdings.<\/p>\n
The agency has not revealed exactly when it plans to publish its findings.<\/p>\n
The survey will also ask families to report on their conventional financial holdings and other assets, such as stocks, commodities, and real estate. The survey will be conducted in conjunction with the central Bank of Korea<\/strong> (BOK) and the Financial Supervisory Service<\/strong>, a major financial regulator.<\/p>\nThe BOK has also reported that the first phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) test has been successfully completed. EToday reported that the BOK stated that it had created, issued, and distributed a prototype coin in a simulated environment, adding that the pilot digital KRW \u201cfunctions properly\u201d in its test space. ____<\/strong>\u00a0 – NFTs in 2022: From Word of the Year to Mainstream Adoption & New Use Cases – Fractional NFTs Might Democratize Digital Investing<\/p>\n– Bitcoin & Crypto Miners Must Take Note as Davos Chiefs Say \u2018Nobody Can Hide\u2019 from ESG Standards – South Korean Presidential Candidates Pledge Lower Taxes for Crypto Traders, End to ICO Ban<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Source: A screenshot (edited), Opensea.io \u00a0 The manifestos of South Korea\u2019s main presidential candidates have been released as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) \u2013 as the nation\u2019s March general election takes yet another crypto-flavored turn and Statistics Korea makes a crypto move. Fn News reported that the NFTs comprise videos and were created by YTN, one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nft"],"yoast_head":"\n
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