When a government can’t control something they ban it.
Let this be a good sign Crypto is doing what it is meant to do. When one of the most powerful governments in the world today decides to shut it down at the expense of billions of dollars crypto must be doing something right.
Too many local Chinese are under the incredibly wrong impression that the Chinese gov has banned or stopped crypto in general rather than understand only trading crypto has been banned. No government or single entity controls Bitcoin or countless other crypto’s, not how they work or how they are valued. This terrifies governments that work so hard to control the value of their own currency, their stock markets, interest rates and pretty much anything to do with money. Bitcoin and Crytpocurrency have turned the world upside down.
Now, myself, and many others are still completely in denial about China’s prompt exit, markets tumbled and some lost fortunes at the fear of Crypto leaving their busiest market. Within days it rebounded. Why? Because people realize this is probably a good thing for Crypto in general. Though the exchanges are not all closed yet they will be in within weeks and a mad scramble to move that crypto has momentum.
The coins and the tech is absolutely safe and continues to function as it had before, I should say not affected by this change. The only thing different is now is China will no longer benefit from the profits being spent in their country. China will miss out on the great talent that came here and will now leave, following the money. They will no longer be paying rent, going out for dinner, taking taxi’s and flights, hotels and all that jazz will no longer be money and taxes paid in China. It truly is baffling to us here that China is turning its back when just a few weeks ago it was like they were set to be world leaders by regulating the ICO markets.
China was just supposed to make ICO’s accountable and everyone would benefit from this except ICO’s that didn’t offer anything of real value; they would probably suffer in China. After locking down many exchanges and declaring many coins as fake, many of us expected things to go back to normal. Just a continuation of the wild rollercoaster crypto has always been for us all.
Well, now it’s not over yet, the fat lady has yet to sing. There is still a slim small, tiny, miniscule chance it could stick around a while longer. There is obviously a lot of push back. It’s a lot of money being traded here that the government isn’t getting what they think is a big enough cut, I guess. When they delved in to the world of ICO’s in an effort to regulate it they came up empty handed and decided it was best to just ban it all together. Great news for those who believe crypto is controlled by the people not the establishment.
It really is a pity that the World of Crypto is so complex and chaotic, you know the best parts of it, and that’s constantly changing and nearly impossible to predict what the industry at all levels will offer next.
I love living in China and love the crypto sphere is so strong here. I know many traders who came here to trade crypto feel the same. I don’t know any that are excited to move on, or leave for this reason. China is the epitome of capitalism at its finest and us expats are rather safe. I will not leave, I’m a teacher, but I will miss trading online . I hope China reconsiders and figures out a solution to their problem. Of the 300 million plus party members I am certain they can find the right brains to do a job that meets the official’s demands.
Those are my thoughts. As always your 2 cents in my comments will get a great ROI, promise.
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They can still use decentralized exchanges like Bitshares.
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That is true. It won't be as easy to add money to their exchange since they can't use cash to buy in anymore, only what is already in the crypto world they didn't cash out in time can be used.
Im still hoping for a change of heart from the dear leaders.
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What would happen if China banned Bitcoin mining? Seems most of it happens there.
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This is a very interesting point which seems a bit like a paradox. We hear about the exchanges being shut down but what about all hundreds or even thousands of mining farms in China ? If they are not being closed down then perhaps the long term plan is not to ban crypto ?
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They are totally on the table and people are worried about the mining being shut down. It will be hiccup. That lost mining power will be made up somewhere else not long after.
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Yea I guess some other people will be happy :)
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you in the crypto china wechat group?
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I heard news that wechat data is being monitored quite intensely, and now that crypto exchanges etc are being banned, I figured better safe then sorry..
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Oh. Yea. Wechat is monitored but no more than facebook, twitter or any other social network or microblogging service offered in USA or a western alley. Everything, everywhere, by anyone is being watched. The only difference is in China it's not a secret or illegal. Everything u have ever done online has been noticed by a government somewhere.
You, we, the world, should be used to it by now. Lol
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Yea I am sure u got a point, I just sometimes try to stay under the radar here ..
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It is certainly a topic of discussion here. It would be a good thing for miners outside as, from what I understand, the more mining the harder it is, so to lose so to lose so much power so quickly would be good for those prepared. Might be a slight while before more miners are set up out of the country especially the big factory farms.
Might even be good if you owned stock in the hardware manufacturers during that run.
Their was a chinese document out about 5 hours before USA market woke that almost confirmed it was but it was still not clear. Folks here were about ready to reset their sell orders in anticipation of the markets reaction.
Really though i doubt they could shut down all the mining, maybe just the big ones.
Hope not.
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Just a temporary ban. There is no way that China will give up the lead in crypto-currencies as they know it is the future. Once the Communist Party Congress and regulations are in place then the ban would be lifted. Like last time when exchanges were closed, exchanges will only be closed for a short period of time this time.
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Hey I really hope so. Lots of us agree it's temporary and all will go back to normal... it the fear and risk in the horrific event they don't come back.
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China is the biggest Bitcoin miner in the world, I don't think they throw the lead out the window so easily.
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I feel like the elephant in the room regarding crypto currency in China is how much it is used by Chinese citizens to move money out of the country. That has to be the chief concern for them given how carefully they've controlled the exchange rate with other large currencies historically. Capital flight is a perennial problem for developing countries. I doubt China can avoid this problem going forward which will be even more problematic given the rise of crypto currencies.
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