Chinese Exchanges Suspend Withdrawals for One Month
In a surprise turn of events, the two largest Chinese Bitcoin exchanges have suspended Bitcoin and Litecoin withdrawals for one month. The news follows China’s central bank inspections at nine smaller Bitcoin exchanges this week. China’s Central Bank Continues to Shake Up the Bitcoin Market. Over the past few weeks, Bitcoin spectators have been closely....
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The move to suspend any bitcoin and litecoin withdrawals appears to be a direct consequence of the closed-door meetings between the PBOC and bitcoin exchanges Following the warning issued by China’s central bank to domestic exchanges earlier today, two out of three of China’s most widely used bitcoin exchanges have announced that they will suspend bitcoin and litecoin withdrawals for one month effective immediately. The move to suspend any bitcoin and litecoin withdrawals appears to be a direct consequence of the closed-door meetings between the PBOC and bitcoin exchanges that happened....
Following the lead of two of the market's more prominent exchanges, at least six other China-based bitcoin exchanges have announced updates to withdrawal policies as part of a bid to tighten AML oversight. Announced today, BitBays, BTC100, BTCTrade, CHBTC, HaoBTC and Yunbi have all enacted changes to their withdrawal capabilities, a move that comes days after the exchanges were called to meet with the Beijing office of the People's Bank of China (PBoC), China's central bank. Notably, the policies issued differ from the more stringent halt of bitcoin and litecoin withdrawals imposed by....
While these issues affect centralized exchanges, peer-to-peer trading continues to soar. It appears as if Chinese bitcoin exchanges are dealing with more withdrawal delays right now. A recent post on Reddit shows an email sent out by BTCC explaining they are upgrading their verification system. Bitcoin and Litecoin withdrawals have been suspended until March 15. That is quite surprising, although it highlights a bigger problem for the exchange. Changing from a 10-day delay to a full month is rather disconcerting. Most people are aware of how BTCC imposed a 10-day delay on cryptocurrency....
At 12:06 local time, Bter, one of China's larger Bitcoin exchanges, posted an announcement to its website announcing a temporary suspension of deposits. What's more is Bter cites official regulation that they were just informed of, as the ultimate reason for this incredible convenience to its users. Bter not only offered RMB to BTC markets but also RMB to LTC, Dogecoin, Auroracoin, and even Counterparty (XCP). Many Bitcoiners on both sides of the Pacific are wondering if other Chinese Bitcoin exchanges will soon follow suit and suspend CNY deposits. In the meantime, CNY withdrawals, as....
OKCoin, one of the two Chinese Bitcoin exchanges, is demonstrating progress in sorting out user fund withdrawals. On Feb. 9, it was requested by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) to halt Bitcoin and Litecoin withdrawals. On March 1, OKCoin told their users that the exchange is approving the transfer of user funds stored on the global OKCoin trading platform to their Chinese site because the company’s .CN platform is nearly ready for approval by the PBoC and relaunch. Earlier in January, the PBoC asked OKCoin and Huobi, two of the largest Bitcoin exchanges in China, to suspend trading until....