Former Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Kim Yong-beom Joins Virtual Asset Industry as CEO of Hashed Affiliate

Kim Yong-beom, then First Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance, is delivering opening remarks at the 11th Innovation Growth Strategy Review Meeting held on March 26 last year at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Myunghwan] Former First Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance Kim Yongbeom is joining as the CEO of a subsidiary of blockchain investment firm Hashed.

According to the virtual asset industry on the 23rd, former Vice Minister Kim will be appointed as the CEO of Hashed Open Research (HOR). Hashed Open Research is a subsidiary of Hashed responsible for consulting and research.

While serving as the Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, former Vice Minister Kim laid the foundation by regulating the virtual asset market within the institutional framework through the Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial Transaction Information.

On the same day, he wrote on his social networking service (SNS), "The new government has selected the Digital Asset Basic Act as a national agenda and is striving for institutionalization," adding, "Hashed Open Research will create a calm and constructive dialogue platform between private experts and authorities through public seminars, etc."

He continued, "I thought my experience might be helpful for the vision and global expansion strategy of the young blockchain investor group," and added, "I will broadly research the possibilities and limitations of digital technology beyond blockchain to find ways for digital technology to be used for a better society."

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