PBOC Instructs China’s Banks to Forbid All Cryptocurrency Related Activities ...
China’s central bank has sent notice to the country’s financial institutions instructing them to stop dealing with cryptocurrency transactions. The disclosure notes that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) aims to protect Chinese citizens and “combat the speculation of Bitcoin and other virtual currency transactions.” PBOC Tells Banks to Stop Dealing With Crypto Exchanges and OTC Desks On June 21, 2021, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) issued a notice to a number of financial institutions concerning crypto transactions. The PBOC says it has discussed....
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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....