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Bitcoin plummets as China’s central bank launches checks on exchanges
China's central bank launches spot checks on bitcoin exchanges
SHANGHAI China’s central bank said on Wednesday it launched spot checks on major bitcoin exchanges in Beijing and Shanghai, knocking the price of the cryptocurrency down by more than 6 percent. The probe of bitcoin…
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Bitcoin slides as China’s central bank launches checks on exchanges
China’s central bank launched spot checks on leading bitcoin exchanges in Beijing and Shanghai, ratcheting up pressure on potential capital outflows and knocking the price of the cryptocurrency down more than 12 per cent against…
China's Xi to promote globalization at Davos, not 'war and poverty'
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