China’s Ban On Mining Is Changing Crypto’s Landscape
China announced last week that financial institutions in the country would no longer be able to sell Bitcoin services, and that mining would be prohibited. Many in the Bitcoin community, including this paper, reacted with skepticism to the news, noting that China has previously “banned” its companies from using Bitcoin with little effect, and that […]
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