World's Largest Bitcoin Exchange BTC China Now Requires ID
Users of the world's largest bitcoin exchange, BTC China, claim the site now requires them to provide some form of identification to create or use a trading account. Logging into BTC China produces the following message: "In response to a recent policy shift, BTC China now requires users to submit identification or a passport number. Existing users will need to provide this information upon login. We apologise for any inconvenience." Despite the ID requirement, there does not seem to be an ID verification process for users outside China. Some users posted on reddit that they were able to....
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