A group of investors have also submitted a petition (link in Korean) online to the presidential Blue House against cryptocurrency regulation, with over 17,000 signatures collected since the beginning of December—the government must respond once a petition garners 200,000 signatures.

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the launch date of the online petition as today (Dec. 28). 

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