#2: Korean Crypto-Mania and the Kimchi Spread
Jan 16, 2018•48 min•Ep. 2
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Episode description
An interview with Nathan Park, an attorney who has been active in crypto regulations in the Korean market, about:
—why Korea caught crypto fever
—the massive "Kimchi Premium" paid on Korean exchanges like Bithumb and its ties to Chinese mining and money-laundering
—what to expect from Korean regulators in 2018
Plus San Francisco's crypto-rich and the J-Pop band "Virtual Currency Girls."
This episode was taped Monday, January 15th and 11am EST. The Bitcoin Price Index was $14,066.
"Everyone Is Getting Hilariously Rich and You’re Not" (Nellie Bowles, New York Times)
"Japan has a new cryptocurrency-themed J-pop band" (Thuy Ong, The Verge)
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