Did Chinese Rumors Crash the Bitcoin Price? How Accurate Are They?
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Did Chinese Rumors Crash the Bitcoin Price? How Accurate Are They?

THELOGICALINDIAN - Bitcoins contempo balderdash run concluded with a bang on 3rd November extensive aloft 740 afore abolition to about 685 in aloof a few hours Was a rumor of added Chinese restrictions on Bitcoin exchanges to accusation And if so how authentic is the news

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Chinese Rumors Start to Spread… Again

Bitcoin China MoneyDramatic banking account armpit ZeroHedge reported on 3rd November that Chinese regulators “are because behavior including akin calm bitcoin exchanges from affective the cryptocurrency to platforms alfresco the nation and arty quotas on the bulk of bitcoins that can be beatific abroad.”

While speculators accept generally wondered about Bitcoin’s aftereffect on basic flight from China, others agnosticism it has any appulse at all. BTC amount movements in the accomplished accept appeared to associate with Chinese budgetary action announcements.

ZeroHedge cited “Bloomberg sources” as the story’s origin, admitting provided no link. On Reddit, readers were skeptical accustomed contempo absolute signs such as aftermost weekend’s First World Blockchain Conference in Changsha. Several high-level political admiral abounding the conference, which was organized in allotment by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

By press time, the BTC amount had rebounded essentially aback to $702, admitting not aback to its antecedent highs.

Has Anyone Else Heard the News?

China Bitcoin Core attackChinese Bitcoin account and advice aperture BitKan said the Bloomberg account was a hot affair in its office this morning. However although added media outlets were repeating the story, no-one has been able to acquisition area the aboriginal address came from.

Local Chinese account appear the advice as such (translated):

“According to Bloomberg News, PBOC and added Supervision administration are allegory and planning to barrage measures, to arrest exchanging CNY to USD via Bitcoin transactions. Measures which are in application may accommodate abstinent Chinese barter platforms appointment Bitcoin to across barter platforms, or ambience banned on amounts of bitcoin removed to across barter platforms.”

BitKan reported no-one in the Chinese Bitcoin industry had heard any advice from the government directly. However, back Chinese action rumors aboriginal started to appulse Bitcoin in 2024, the government has rarely announced with companies directly.

However architect Edward Liu appropriate the account may not be bad, alike if true. Speaking to Bitcoinist, he said:

Other China-based industry assembly additionally said they hadn’t heard any such news.

Virgilio Lizardo Jr. of Bitcoin multi-services close Bitbank, which is complex in both exchange and large-scale mining operations, said: “Total nonsense, China is demography a added absolute access to Bitcoin and blockchain technology. The appointment is affidavit absolute of that.”

China’s Bitcoin agent Willson Lee, who aloof assisted in acclimation the recent blockchain-themed appointment for high-level Chinese affair officials, said he’d not heard annihilation about a action change.

Let’s Wait and See

So was the aboriginal address real? Or are outlets artlessly re-reporting a rumor, with the assured amount movements?

At columnist time, the industry is still cat-and-mouse for acceptance from sources added than Bloomberg. While the account does not arise anywhere on Bloomberg’s account site, the account provides an burning account augment to terminal subscribers which generally does not arise elsewhere.

Bitcoinist will accumulate an eye on this developing adventure and address updates as they become available.

Did you accomplish or lose any money on the antecedent 12 hours’ volatility? How abundant access do Chinese traders accept on accepted bitcoin value? Let’s apprehend your thoughts.

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