Crypto in China

Governments around the world went on high alert after American social media giant Facebook announced a permissioned blockchain digital currency, named Libra. Unsurprisingly, the prospect of a privately-backed alternative digital currency didn't exactly excite financial regulators in North America, Europe, and Asia. Here are the four countries that really don't like Facebook's Libra. France Is Not a Fan of Libra France has, perhaps, been the most vocal opponent of Facebook's...

It seems that this year will be a boom period for Apple Inc. as both high end and low-end spectrums of its phones are having a great reception albeit in two different continents and markets. Feelers coming in from Apples’ preorders in China indicate that the iPhone 11 might just become just the device that Apple needs to drive sales this year. The Chinese market has already chosen the iPhone 11 as the most popular Apple product this year.Natural Attraction or Business Gimmick?Usually, the...

It looks like some people (or entities) can change their minds after all. Despite a mixed relationship with cryptocurrency in the past, the People’s Bank of China (PBC) appears to finally be easing up to it. Is China Becoming “Friendlier?”As China’s central bank, the financial institution is looking to release its own digital currency in the future. This is not the same digital currency that China had initially announced weeks ago as a means of combating Libra. This would be an entirely...

Bitcoin-Mining Malware infiszierte in China mehrere tausend Internetcafés wie dieses hier auf dem Bild. Foto CC0 Gemeinfrei via Unsplash Betrüger in China betreiben Bitcoin Mining in Millionenhöhe: In China sorgt ein Betrügernetzwerk für großes Aufsehen. Internet-Cafés wurden von einem Unternehmen in der Provinz Henan gekapert, um für einen Betrug benutzt zu werden. Auf allen...

Facebook's fiat-pegged 'cryptocurrency', the Libra, may reportedly avoid including China's Yuan among its list of supported state currencies. | Source: ShutterstockThe basket of fiat currencies in the line up to back Facebook's Libra "cryptocurrency" may not include the Chinese Yuan.According to Bloomberg, the likely backers include the US Dollar, the Euro, the British pound, The Japanese Yen, and the Singapore dollar.Facebook offered up this potential list after Virginia Democratic Senator,...

Unabhängig aller wirtschaftlichen Spannungen und Sanktionen der Trump Regierung kauft China Safe-Hafen-Anlagen ein. Gold ist dabei die erste Wahl der Zentralbank, die Bevölkerung dagegen setzt mehr auf Bitcoins. Durch die Käufe stockt China seine Goldreserven auf. Im August kaufte China weitere 190’000 Unzen, also 6 Tonnen Gold hinzu. Seit Dezember 2018 stockte China seine Goldreserven fast um 100 Tonnen auf. Gleichzeitig stockt auch Russland seine Goldvorräte auf. Diese Goldkäufe...

Unabhängig aller wirtschaftlichen Spannungen und Sanktionen der Trump Regierung kauft China Safe-Hafen-Anlagen ein. Gold ist dabei die erste Wahl der Zentralbank, die Bevölkerung dagegen setzt mehr auf Bitcoins. Durch die Käufe stockt China seine Goldreserven auf. Im August kaufte China weitere 190’000 Unzen, also 6 Tonnen Gold hinzu. Seit Dezember 2018 stockte China seine Goldreserven fast um 100 Tonnen auf. Gleichzeitig stockt auch Russland seine Goldvorräte auf. Diese...

China's state digital currency is coming. | Source: ShutterstockChina's incipient digital currency will apparently "bear similarities" to Facebook's own proposed cryptocurrency and is intended to protect China's 'monetary sovereignty', according to a superior within China's central bank.Relaying the several key attributes of China's new central bank digital currency (CBDC) Mu Changchun, deputy director of the People’s Bank of China’s payments department, elaborated upon the emerging...

Bitmain, the world's largest maker of bitcoin mining equipment, has been named the third hottest startup to work for in China. | Source: ShutterstockChina has held the crown for being the home of some of the largest makers of bitcoin mining equipment for years now. According to LinkedIn, one of these bitcoin mining rigs has emerged as a favored destination for job seekers in the world’s second-largest economy.Per CNBC citing a report by the Microsoft-owned professional social network,...

An illegal crypto mining operation involves hijacking multiple internet cafes, bribery and some 100 million yuan in crypto. | Source: ShutterstockFifteen Chinese individuals have reportedly been arrested for their involvement in an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation that hijacked the bandwidth of scores of internet cafes to mine approximately 100 million yuan (nearly $14 million) in cryptocurrency.The operation involved the bribery of over 9,000 internet cafe administrators who infected...