Whenever I hear the words “money laundering,” my mind immediately shifts to property rights legislation and how a country defines the theft of private property. For example, if someone is selling illicit drugs, the real issue is often that the government cannot tax the activity. Criminals in those lifestyles typically know how to evade the law.
One reason drug traffickers evade the law is that there is demand for illicit drugs. Because of this demand, profiteers often enforce “no snitch” codes. This is not unique to criminal activity. It is common in business as well, where participants often prefer not to disclose all information publicly when negotiating deals.
I raise this point because laws targeting Bitcoin are now being used in broader contexts. When a government dislikes what you are doing, which under secular systems can be almost anything, it can imprison you and seize your assets.
In any democracy or dictatorship, public opinion shifts. If there is no Christian foundation, secularists create popular laws to construct what becomes a socialist, secular system. These systems rely heavily on control and enforcement.
Obedience, Censorship, and Innovation
In many Asian countries such as South Korea, Thailand, Japan, and China, people are often highly obedient. Many have never been introduced to Christ or have been taught a biased worldview. As a result, tyranny becomes normalized.
Japan and South Korea have some of the smartest people on the planet, yet creativity is often suppressed for an ever-changing concept of the collective “good,” which can move in any direction. Secularists and idol worshippers are typically believers in censorship.
Censorship stunts innovation. Statements such as “you are not allowed to think that” or “you are not allowed to produce that” eventually cause society to censor itself. When this happens, society cuts itself off from the innovation and creativity promised by my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Eternal life is often misunderstood. Many people imagine clouds in the sky, but eternal life also means seeing things you have never seen, experiencing what you have never experienced, and creating what you have never created. Jesus Christ is not a weak or minimal God. He is omnipresent, the beginning and the end.
I am writing this on a computer and can reach people all over the planet. If information were censored the way secularists desire, I would be banned from doing this. The only force holding this freedom together is Yeshua, the Holy Spirit, and my Father who is beyond time itself.
How This Relates to the Bitcoin Case
This Bitcoin case, in my opinion, has nothing to do with Bitcoin itself and everything to do with the South Korean government’s ability to seize private property and arrest people at will.
For example, Hyun-Bo Son remains under police arrest. He is a prominent South Korean pastor and former special forces soldier, known for leading the Segero Church in Busan. He is currently imprisoned on charges of violating South Korea’s Public Official Election Act, a case that has drawn international attention regarding religious freedom and political expression.
From my perspective, this reflects the secular South Korean government revealing its true nature. Criminals should be arrested, and existing laws are usually sufficient to do so. If the government can arrest Christians without changing the law or setting new precedent, there is no justification for redefining digital private property.
If you read the ruling, much of it comes across as a job killer.
Why would I operate a Bitcoin exchange in South Korea after this decision? If I did so out of necessity, I would change how I operate, which could result in job losses. South Korea already faces serious demographic challenges.
Christianity, Secularism, and National Decline
South Korea shares one of the world’s most heavily militarized borders with North Korea, which is largely financed by China. South Korea faces challenges other nations do not. At the same time, Christianity among South Korean youth is declining rapidly.
In my view, this accelerates South Korea’s vulnerability to influence from China, an atheist state.
Without a Christian foundation, a nation becomes secular. Secularists do not believe in private property, which is a Christian ideal and foundational to civil liberties and freedom. This is not just a problem for South Korea. It is a problem across most Western nations that abandon Christ in favor of secular ideology.
Secularists view wealth inequality as a problem they believe secularism can solve. Democracy was never designed to eliminate inequality. A central authority pretending to be God brings only economic depression and destroys prosperity.
The Supreme Court Ruling
South Korea’s Supreme Court confirmed that Bitcoin stored on cryptocurrency exchanges can be seized under criminal law, rejecting an appeal.
The ruling stems from a money laundering case involving 55.6 Bitcoin seized by police in 2020.
The court ruled that Bitcoin held on exchange accounts is subject to seizure under the Criminal Procedure Act. South Korea has one of the highest rates of cryptocurrency ownership in the world. As of March 2025, more than 16 million people, roughly one-third of the population, held crypto accounts at major domestic exchanges.
The seized Bitcoin was worth approximately 600 million Korean won, or about $413,000 USD, at the time.
The legal argument presented claimed that Bitcoin could not be seized because it is not a physical object under Article 106 of the Criminal Procedure Act. That argument relied on traditional interpretations of seizure laws as applying only to tangible assets.
In its final ruling, the Supreme Court rejected this view. “Under the Criminal Procedure Act, seizure targets include both tangible objects and electronic information,” the court stated.
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