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China Continues Bitcoin Exchange Inspections as Trading Volumes Evaporate

January 25, 2017

People’s Bank of China announced today that it will continue to carry out spot investigations at the country’s leading bitcoin trading venues, in a statement on its Beijing head office website. This comes as ...

After Margin Halt, Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges Now Impose Trading Fees

January 23, 2017

We could be seeing the end of the era of extreme Chinese Bitcoin trading volumes unfolding in front of our eyes as the major venues in the country are curbing the features that made it so popular. After years...

Bitcoin Trading on Margin Halted by Major Chinese Exchanges

January 13, 2017

The possible ramifications of the recently revealed investigation by the Chinese central bank of bitcoin exchanges are starting to come to light after BTCC, Huobi and OKCoin suddenly stopped offering leverage...

Bitcoin Falls 10% as Chinese Central Bank Starts Investigation of Exchanges

January 11, 2017

The price of Bitcoin has fallen sharply today after the Chinese central bank confirmed rumours that it is investigating the operations of China’s bitcoin exchanges – the world’s largest. From a level of about...

Hyperledger Project Now Sports 100 Members, Growth in China

December 1, 2016

Hyperledger Project – a collaboration creating an enterprise grade, open source blockchain framework and code base – has hit a major milestone of 100 active members as six new organizations have joined in. “...

China’s Wanda Group Joins Hyperledger Project After 170% Growth in H1 2016

September 11, 2016

The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort to advance blockchain technology, has announced the addition of FFan Technology – part of the Chinese real estate giant Wanda ...

After Binary Options and Forex China’s Baidu Now Censors Bitcoin Ads

August 28, 2016

China’s leading search engine Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is reportedly no longer willing to publish advertising for cryptocurrency related ventures. Two of the largest Chinese Bitcoin exchanges, OKCoin and Hu...

Sucden Financial Promotes Lucy Wainman, Replacing Jeremy Goldwyn

June 30, 2016

Sucden Financial has reinforced its China operations with the promotion of Lucy Wainman, who has been appointed as the group’s Head of Sales – China with immediate effect, according to a Sucden Financial stat...

China imprisons Social Media Celebrity for Illegal Gambling following Red Cross Scandal

September 10, 2015

Guo Meimei built a massive social media following based on her extravagant purchases, online gambling habits and enviable lifestyle. But now she’ll be spending the next five years in prison on illegal gamblin...

William Hill Pulls Out Of China With Immediate Effect

August 21, 2013

William Hill will stop, "for regulatory reasons," taking bets from China, the bookmaker informed its affiliates this week. The operator added that it will also no longer accept bets from Macau, Hong Kong and ...