China's Central Bank to Conduct Ongoing Bitcoin Exchange Visits
The People's Bank of China (PBoC) is moving to more closely monitor (or otherwise engage) with domestic bitcoin exchange businesses. Just days after it was revealed the PBoC's Beijing and Shanghai offices had visited the country's three largest exchanges by volume, the central bank said today that it is pledging to better engage with BTCC, Huobi and OKCoin through continued on-site inspections or meetings. Discussed at new meetings, according to releases by its Beijing and Shanghai offices, were topics including compliance (anti-money laundering and foreign exchange management). "The....
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These Chinese are, without any doubt, at the forefront of the price increases behind Bitcoin late this year, and as a result, the cryptocurrency has been making headlines just about everyone. We're now at a point where huge businesses are accepting the currency, and even governments are recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender. But for as long as Bitcoin has existed, there's a been a black cloud above it. Central banks. It's the exact opposite of what Bitcoin is all about. No authority, no central bank. So it's interesting to know what the Chinese Central Bank has to say on Bitcoin. According....
China's central bank plans to continue scrutinizing domestic bitcoin exchanges. The People's Bank of China (PBoC) released its latest statement detailing how it would oversee the industry today, a move that comes weeks after it first began publicizing meetings with representatives from BTCC, Huobi and OKCoin. The PBoC went on to say that it would oversee the space more closely, later finding fault with the exchange’s policies on margin trading (though no penalties have been levied). According to the PBoC, that scrutiny will continue via additional on-site inspections. The central bank said....