fintechJanuary 10, 2017
Chinese Regulators Investigating Bitcoin Investments
Chinese regulators are investigating investment in the cryptocurrency bitcoin as its price is reporting high correlation with the value of the Chinese yuan; according to data from bitcoinity.org, yuan transactions have also accounted for 98% of bitcoin’s trading in the past six months; regulators have met with bitcoin exchanges to monitor investment activity; they have also requested that the exchanges do not market the yuan’s devaluation as an investment incentive; investors have reported that transaction volumes are limited to a few hundred thousand yuan. Source