Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges Stop Futures and Margin Trading for Citizens
The three biggest global bitcoin exchanges, BTCC, OKCoin and Huobi, currently under “inspection” by the Chinese authorities, have stopped margin trading. We can further confirm that OKCoin no longer offers futures trading to Chinese citizens. Non-Chinese citizens can continue to use the international version (OKCoin.com) which appears to continue providing 3x margins and up to 20x futures. We have not received any response in time for publishing, therefore cannot confirm why they have taken such move, but it is most likely in response to probable PBOC orders. The Chinese authorities met....
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