韓國擬對加密貨幣交易征稅

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(jù)周三發(fā)布的一份政府聯(lián)合聲明，韓國政府正在考慮對加密貨幣交易征收資本利得稅。

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(xiàng)限制加密貨幣交易場所，只允許在透明和實(shí)施投資者保護(hù)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(dǎo)致韓國投資者交易比特幣的價(jià)格相對于國際水平有逾20%的溢價(jià)。

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(jià)格已經(jīng)暴漲近40%，周二達(dá)到了17428美元的高點(diǎn)。這種數(shù)字貨幣在今年年初的價(jià)格約為1000美元。