BTC China Halts RMB Account Funding From China Merchants Bank
Chinese bitcoin exchange BTC China has stopped accepting RMB deposits to user accounts from a major bank, revealing the move in a post on its Weibo page. Management decided to proactively halt deposits from one of the country's largest banks, China Merchants Bank, after the bank posted on its public website that it would no longer allow its customers to engage in bitcoin-related transactions, and said essentially it would require all such businesses to close their accounts. Withdrawals to China Merchants Bank accounts and transactions with other banks remain unaffected, at least for the....
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