People's Bank of China Further Restricts Bitcoin

People's Bank of China Further Restricts Bitcoin

The Chinese central bank building. When doing my latest technical anaylsis, it was clear BTC China was the anchor dragging the Bitcoin price down. I assumed it was due to an overreaction to the new trading fees, but now the full story is known. The People's Bank of China has directed that "third party payment institutions shall not undertake business with Bitcoin hosted sites." I don't know if this is an accurate translation that captures the true meaning of the Chinese statement, but the upshot seems to be that people in China can no longer transfer funds to their local exchanges in order....


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