China's clampdown on cryptocurrencies has reportedly taken a new direction — to close down local bitcoin exchanges.Initial reports from Chinese media that the government plans to close down domestic cryptocurrency exchanges have seen the virtual coin shed more than $100 since Friday.
Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal also reported Monday that that the country is planning to shut down digital currency exchanges.Bitcoin sunk to a low of $4,241 in late trading in the United Kingdom on Friday, and reached a low of $4,108 on Monday, according to Coindesk data.It climbed to a record high of $5,000 dollars a little over a week ago, and has shot up by nearly 350% since the start of the year.
The latest reported crackdown follows a decision by Chinese regulators — including the People's Bank of China (PBOC) — to ban initial coin offerings (ICOs). ICOs are a means of raising funds by selling off new digital tokens. A crackdown on ICOs would not affect the original cryptocurrency directly, but bitcoin still dropped more than $1,000 over a period of three days.
China's latest move to shut down local exchanges would mark a new direction for the country in its efforts to regulate the market.
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