Crypto in China

The bitcoin miners who are ousted from China with the latest crackdown could find a place in Miami, Florida. The city’s mayor, Francis Suarez, said he’s working on lowering the costs for electricity in order to attract more miners to the region. BTC Miners Going to Miami? In a recent interview with CNBC, Francis Suarez spoke about the city’s BTC adoption, but this time he specifically focused on mining. He also touched on the topic of using clean energy. Miami’s mayor wants...

Huobi, one of China’s most popular Bitcoin exchanges, has reportedly slashed their maximum leverage allowance from 125x to less than 5x for existing users on the back of China’s regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies. New users signing up to the platform will not be able to use leverage at all. Exclusive: Due to concerns about regulatory policies, China’s largest exchange Huobi recently restricted the leverage of existing users to less than 5x after stopping new users in...

Chinese law enforcement agents have arrested approximately 1,100 individuals on charges of using crypto to launder money. The move is clearly a reminder that China is avidly working towards a society where crypto holds a limited or non-existent presence. China Is Working Against a Crypto Society In the process of arresting everyone, China has also stated that it has eliminated more than 170 criminal gangs known for committing financial crimes. The individuals in question...

Interest in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies really surged in America during the peak months of COVID, and now many traders in the United States are seeing that interest lead to profits. According to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, Americans have seen their bitcoin holdings return more than $4 billion to initial holders. Americans Love Their Bitcoin While bitcoin may be suffering pricewise at the time of writing, the currency has recently concluded what is arguably its...

China is moving forward with its anti-crypto attitude. It has now shut down the social media accounts of several bitcoin and cryptocurrency influencers as a means of stopping people from learning about and investing in digital currencies. China Makes Another Anti-Bitcoin Maneuver China has long had an up-and-down relationship with bitcoin. While the country has always been a hotspot for bitcoin and digital currency activity, government officials and regulators have never...

Der digitale Yuan stellt seitens China eine staatlich kontrollierte Alternative zum Bitcoin dar. Erste Tests liefen bereits erfolgreich ab. Nun plant Chinas Zentralbank People´s Bank of China (PBoC) während der Winterspiele vollständig auf den digitalen Yuan zu setzen. Dies würde der erste Test der staatlichen Digitalwährung mit internationalen Nutzern sein. Überwachung durch Digitalwährung...

In a fresh attack on crypto-related activities in the country, the Chinese government banned social media accounts belonging to popular cryptocurrency proponents over the weekend. Reuters reported today that the attack was mainly aimed at crypto enthusiasts who have massive followers on the popular Chinese social media platform, Weibo.  Judgement Day Per the report, users who tried to check for fresh updates from these Weibo crypto influencers were greeted with a message...

In recent news, it was announced that China was initiating a crackdown on all bitcoin mining and related activity within its borders. Zhang Nangeng – the CEO of Canaan Creative, one of the largest mining companies in the world that happens to call China home – is now voicing his opposition to the move. Canaan Creative CEO Speaks Against a Mining Ban China has had a very up-and-down relationship with bitcoin and digital currencies in recent years. While the country...

Residents of the Chinese capital will receive 40 million renminbi ($6.2 million) of the digital currency. They can use two banking apps to apply to win one of the 200,000 so-called ”red packets”, each containing 200 yuan, as part of a lottery. Simultaneously, the governor of Russia’s central bank called digital currencies the future of money. Another CBDC Trial in China In yet another attempt to test its CBDC, the Chinese officials decided to distribute 40 million renminbi...

Christopher Hui – Hong Kong’s Treasury Secretary – agreed with the government’s intentions to implement certain crypto regulations in the megapolis as he believes Hong Kong would ultimately benefit from them. This Is The Right Decision In a recent speech, the Treasury Secretary of Hong Kong – Christopher Hui, backed up the proposal of the Financial Services and the Treasury to ban retail cryptocurrency trading. He said that the move was a well-thought decision and its...