BTC China Statement Confirms They Haven't Heard from PBOC

BTC China Statement Confirms They Haven't Heard from PBOC

BTC China, the world's once-largest bitcoin exchange by volume, has issued a new statement on Friday pertaining to the uncertain bitcoin climate in the People's Republic of China. In that statement, the exchange notes that they haven't received any sort of correspondence from the People's Bank of China (PBOC) with regard to recent rumors. Those rumors, in case you weren't aware, stated that the PBOC would be issuing a statement come April 15th barring third-party payment processors and banks from working with bitcoin exchanges. That would mean that the financial institutions BTC China (et....


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