PBOC Meets With Leading Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges Amid Price Volatility
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) initiated meetings this week with leading bitcoin exchanges in both Beijing and Shanghai. PBOC representatives in Beijing met with OKCoin and Huobi while PBOC representatives in Shanghai met with BTCC. On the evening of Friday, January 6 in China, the PBOC offices in Beijing and Shanghai both issued statements on the....
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The bitcoin price has started to recover already, even though there was no need for panic-selling in the first place. The PBOC temporarily “spoiled” a new all-time high for bitcoin once again. To be more precise, the bank revealed they will hold a closed-door meeting with several bitcoin exchanges later today. It is not the first time this happens over the past few weeks, hence there is no reason to panic. That said, the news sent some shockwaves through the bitcoin trading community as the price dropped by nearly 6% before recovering. As one expects from a private meaning, no one knows....
Caixin is a respected Chinese financial news source. Bitcoin prices have dropped nearly 10% across all Bitcoin exchanges, with the bulk of the action understandably located on Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges. A few hours ago, Caixin published a Chinese article claiming that the PBOC has met with commercial banks and third party payment processors, in particular those that do, or have done, business with Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges to remind them of the PBOC's stance. This Caixin article is written by a different author than the last Caixin article that was commented on in Western media (which....
Yesterday, Caixin reported that the PBOC, led by the Payment and Clearing Organization of China, has been having meetings and interviews with commercial banks, third party payment processors, and Bitcoin exchanges within China. PBOC officials made it very clear that they wished to completely cut off the funding line of Chinese RMB into Bitcoin trading platforms around the country. The renewed interest in Bitcoin by the PBOC has led to funding shuffles from every Chinese Bitcoin exchange. Cryptocurrency exchange rates across the board have suffered since the first rumors of renewed the....
In the long run, this news will be positive for the bitcoin ecosystem as a whole. The bitcoin world was rather shocked to find out the PBOC had another meeting with exchange operators. Although that had been announced weeks in advance, the market responded in a rather negative manner. As it turns out, this meeting took place to inform domestic exchanges about the AML and forex rules affecting all Chinese companies. Not adhering to these rules can result in the exchanges being shut down, albeit no one is violating the rules right now. It is not surprising to learn AML and foreign exchange....
Bitcoin’s price dropped slightly after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) published a summary of its findings after inspecting major Chinese exchanges. PBoC: ‘Continued Focus’ on Exchange Activities. “According to the initial inspection and the problems found, the inspection group decided to continue to focus on payment and settlement, anti-money laundering, foreign exchange management, information and financial security and other aspects of further inspection,” the translated statement reads. Investigators suggested that investors should pay attention to Bitcoin platform transactions, such....