韓國擬對加密貨幣交易徵稅

South Korea’s government is considering taxing capital gains on the trading of cryptocurrencies, according to a joint government statement issued on Wednesday.

根據週三發佈的一份政府聯合聲明，韓國政府正在考慮對加密貨幣交易徵收資本利得稅。

The government is also proposing a bill to limit trading to exchanges that are transparent and uphold investor protection.

政府還提出了一項限制加密貨幣交易場所，只允許在透明和實施投資者保護的交易所交易的法案。

Frenzied demand for bitcoin in South Korea has seen the country’s investors paying premiums of more than 20 per cent compared with international rates.

在韓國，對比特幣的狂熱需求導致韓國投資者交易比特幣的價格相對於國際水平有逾20%的溢價。

The price of bitcoin has surged in almost 40 per cent for the month to date, hitting a high of $17,428 on Tuesday. The digital currency started the year at around $1,000.

本月迄今，比特幣的價格已經暴漲近40%，週二達到了17428美元的高點。這種數字貨幣在今年年初的價格約爲1000美元。