Chinese regulators have decided on a “comprehensive ban” on platforms that allow people to buy or sell virtual currency in China, reports The Wall Street Journal. China is cracking down on Bitcoin trading and also planned to shut down Bitcoin exchanges, according to reports from earlier in September, but this move goes even further, with government officials apparently offering an explicit directive to the nation’s currency exchanges.
WSJ reports that a document was passed around at a private meeting on Friday instructing exchanges based in Beijing to “unwind their operations and provide information on bank accounts used for clients’ deposits by Wednesday.” Officials reportedly told industry executives about a decision on the ban at that meeting in Beijing. Sources told the paper mainland access to foreign bitcoin exchanges online like Coinbase in the US would also be blocked by the country’s Great Firewall.
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Source: The Verge
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