China issues 50th PR how it doesn’t like Crypto, but the Chinese love it

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The People’s Bank of China revived its tough stance on digital currencies on Friday, for the 50th time it seems, ruling all crypto-related trading activities illegal and banning overseas crypto exchanges from providing services to mainland investors. In a PR prepared on September 15th, but published on the Bank’s website on September 23, China takes a tough stance against its people mainly out of fear that millions of Chinese are heavily investing in the Crypto market, instead of the Chinese Stock Exchange.

The regulator announced plans to bar financial institutions, payment companies and internet firms from facilitating cryptocurrency trading, as well as to strengthen monitoring of risks from such activities.

“Overseas virtual currency exchanges that use the internet to offer services to domestic residents is also considered illegal financial activity,” the PBOC said in a Q&A posted to its website.

“Financial institutions and non-bank payment institutions cannot offer services to activities and operations related to virtual currencies,” the central bank said.

The move sent bitcoin and other virtual currencies plummeting. The world’s number one digital asset by market capitalization dropped over 5% to below $42,000. Other cryptocurrencies followed the declining trend with ether dropping 10% to below $2,800, while dogecoin crashed over 8% to below $0.20, according to the Coinmarketcap website.

The latest ruling comes as part of a broader state-run campaign by Chinese regulators against cryptocurrencies. Earlier this year, Beijing banned mining in major bitcoin hubs, such as Sichuan, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, which led to a sharp drop in bitcoin’s processing power, as multiple miners took their equipment offline.