China Ban Aftermath: Why The Crypto Downtrend Could End On New Year’s Eve

China Ban Aftermath: Why The Crypto Downtrend Could End On New Year’s Eve

Is the China ban to blame for the recent Bitcoin sell-offs that brought down the whole crypto market? That is the prevalent theory. As the main exchanges close their operations in mainland China, the citizens have been fearfully selling their assets. They don’t know if they’re going to be able to transact or even sell their cryptocurrencies in the future, so they’re going back to the Yuan. And we have charts from Arcane Research and a carrot to prove that.  Related Reading | Is This The Reason China Banned Bitcoin Mining? Carvalho’s Mind Blowing Theory Let’s stop wasting time and go....


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