During the election Lee Jae-myung made a host of crypto promises to appeal to the nation's 15 million crypto investors.

No matter who clinches South Korea’s presidential election this week, one outcome is certain: the country’s crypto industry is poised to win.

President Lee Jae-myung’s rise to South Korea’s highest office marks the return of a left-leaning populist with deep working-class roots and bold plans for institutional crypto integration. Though crypto was not directly mentioned in Lee’s inauguration speech on June 4 after the impeachment of his predecessor,