PBOC Holds Another Scheduled Meeting With Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges
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....
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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....
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....
In a public announcement today, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has revealed its warning toward 9 local bitcoin exchanges operating in the country. Reports of a ‘closed-doors’ meeting surfaced yesterday, one wherein the PBOC was said to have met with representatives of Chinese bitcoin exchanges. While details were scarce at the time, the Beijing branch of China’s central bank has shed further light into the private meeting and its participants. Having previously inspected and conducted on-site checks of Beijing-based exchanges Huobi and OkCoin, PBOC Beijing revealed that similar talks....
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) issued a statement on Thursday regarding a meeting it held the previous day with nine Chinese bitcoin exchanges. When the news of the meeting broke, the price of bitcoin dropped almost six percent but quickly regained its high only hours later, and has continued to rise. PBOC’s Meeting with Nine Bitcoin Exchanges. The....
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....