Advertisment

China is escalating its clampdown on cryptocurrency trading in a bid ‎to finally quash the market completely. Beijing’s tougher stance will ‎develop to target overseas platforms that offer exchange-like services ‎to mainlanders and allow them to trade the digital assets class.‎

Discover credible partners and premium clients at China’s leading finance event!

Bloomberg ‎quoted unnamed sources on Wednesday afternoon as ‎saying the authorities would tighten regulations on its citizens’ ‎participation in overseas transactions. The new rules are intended to ‎‎“scrutinize the Chinese bank and online-payment accounts of ‎businesses and individuals suspected of facilitating trades on offshore ‎cryptocurrency venues,” the people said.‎

As a result of that decision, Chinese regulators may also step up measures ‎to freeze assets or block‎ accounts‎ of identified participants from the ‎nation’s financial system.‎

After clamping down on domestic trading of virtual coins, the government ‏plans to close the few remaining loopholes in order to entirely restrict its citizens from transacting ‎cryptocurrencies or participating in ICOs held abroad.‎

The move acknowledges that recent attempts to stamp out the crypto ‎frenzy by shutting down service providers at home had failed to ‎completely eradicate the mania that has been sweeping China.‎

China’s raid on the digital asset class, which started in ‎September 2017, failed to dampen local investors’ enthusiasm as  ‎many have resorted to online-payment accounts and P2P venues to get ‎around the crackdown. ‎

Get the latest Bitcoin News on The Bitcoin News
Our Social Networks:
Facebook Instagram Pinterest Reddit Telegram Twitter Youtube