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Bitcoin Tumbles as PBOC Declares Initial Coin Offerings Illegal

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Re: Bitcoin Tumbles as PBOC Declares Initial Coin Offerings Illegal

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why does it feel like every time bitcoin goes up, the chinese government has some sort of announcement to bring it back down? see: last time when they prohibited banks from buying/selling cryptocurrencies. does someone there hope to earn some quick $$$ from shorting bitcoin (profit motive), or are they doing it to cool down a bubble (protect chinese investors motive)?

Re: Bitcoin Tumbles as PBOC Declares Initial Coin Offerings Illegal

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why does it feel like every time bitcoin goes up, the chinese government has some sort of announcement to bring it back down? see: last time when they prohibited banks from buying/selling cryptocurrencies. does someone there hope to earn some quick $$$ from shorting bitcoin (profit motive), or are they doing it to cool down a bubble (protect chinese investors motive)?

Because Bitcoin and ICO are the main mechanism to get money out of China, with overseas cash withdraw very limited for Chinese citizens, with 50% of millionnaires in China wanting to leave (http://bit.ly/2uzYLyu) (and the other 50% already having left probably), and with Chinese government cracking down on real estate/insurance tactics to move money out.

But it's really doubtful they can prevent bitcoin from transfering money out of China altogether (unless they ban bitcoin)

Re: Bitcoin Tumbles as PBOC Declares Initial Coin Offerings Illegal

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post #2

why does it feel like every time bitcoin goes up, the chinese government has some sort of announcement to bring it back down? see: last time when they prohibited banks from buying/selling cryptocurrencies. does someone there hope to earn some quick $$$ from shorting bitcoin (profit motive), or are they doing it to cool down a bubble (protect chinese investors motive)?

Because Bitcoin and ICO are the main mechanism to get money out of China, with overseas cash withdraw very limited for Chinese citizens, with 50% of millionnaires in China wanting to leave ( http://bit.ly/2uzYLyu ) (and the other 50% already having left probably), and with Chinese government cracking down on real estate/insurance tactics to move money out. But it's really doubtful they can prevent bitcoin from transf…

btw if you want to make real money, figure out how to help Chinese millionnaires move money out of China

Re: Bitcoin Tumbles as PBOC Declares Initial Coin Offerings Illegal

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because Bitcoin and ICO are the main mechanism to get money out of China, with overseas cash withdraw very limited for Chinese citizens, with 50% of millionnaires in China wanting to leave ( http://bit.ly/2uzYLyu ) (and the other 50% already having left probably), and with Chinese government cracking down on real estate/insurance tactics to move money out. But it's really doubtful they can prevent bitcoin from transf…

btw if you want to make real money, figure out how to help Chinese millionnaires move money out of China

That's crypto's primary use case already.

Re: Bitcoin Tumbles as PBOC Declares Initial Coin Offerings Illegal

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

btw if you want to make real money, figure out how to help Chinese millionnaires move money out of China

That's crypto's primary use case already.

...until China bans bitcoin, which might happen soon, after the october national congress
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