China’s Great Firewall Censors Crypto Websites Coingecko, Coinmarketcap, Trad...
On September 28, reports stemming from social media and crypto-focused forums detailed that China has been blocking a number of cryptocurrency websites. The Twitter handle for 8btc News tweeted that the web portals coinmarketcap.com and coingecko.com have been blocked from mainland China. The ‘Great Firewall,’ as it is often called, has also blocked a number of other sites like tradingview.com as well. Specific Crypto Web Portals Are Currently Inaccessible in China One thing the world knows is that China likes to censor the internet and via the combination of....
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