2018-6-21 20:51 |
According to the Ministry’s official announcement, the new initiative will foster 10,000 blockchain industry professionals and 100 companies, and will expand and commercialize six existing blockchain pilots with the Ministry’s backing.
These pilots aim to leverage blockchain technology for real estate, online voting, shipping logistics, livestock record management, customs clearance, real estate, and international e-document distribution.
In addition, the Korean government will back the development of BaaS (Blockchain-as-a-Service), to allow small and medium-sized enterprises to implement blockchain solutions efficiently.
Although recent crypto news from South Korean has been focused on reports of the theft of $30 mln from South Korea’s leading crypto exchange Bithumb, wider developments in the country’s crypto and blockchain industry this spring have been more positive.
That same month, the South Korean government revealed a positive reorientation for domestic crypto and blockchain legislation, suggesting it plans to make domestic Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) legal again.
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