Kitajska centralna banka zapira proizvajalca programske opreme zaradi domnevnega trgovanja s kriptovalutami

Pekinška pisarna kitajske centralne banke je izdala ukaz o zaustavitvi lokalnega podjetja za programsko opremo Beijing Qudao Cultural Development Co Ltd. Po navedbah a Reuters poročilo naj bi bilo podjetje vpleteno v trgovanje s kriptovalutami.

V skupnem Izjava on Tuesday, the Beijing financial supervision administration and a department of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said that the software company “was suspected of providing software services for virtual currency transactions.”

Regulatorja sta dodala, da je Peking Qudao ukazal, naj preneha z vsemi operacijami. Začasno je prekinjena tudi spletna stran podjetja.

It’s not immediately clear whether Beijing Qudao had anything to do with trading major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Eter, however, local reporter Colin Wu je dejal da je podjetje večinoma delovalo v zabavni industriji in je imelo lastno virtualno valuto Mao Li Coin, alias Cat Coin.

V izjavi PBoC je še poudarjeno, da je institucijam pod njihovo jurisdikcijo prepovedano zagotavljati "poslovne prostore, komercialne razstave, trženje in plačljive storitve preusmerjanja za poslovne dejavnosti, povezane z navideznimi valutami."

Kitajska represija nad kripto

In recent months, China’s regulators have been engaged in a wider crackdown on the country’s crypto industry.

Tako dobro, kot ciljanje Bitcoin mining operators—many of whom have already left the country for pastures new—Chinese regulators have also intensified pressure on businesses involved in crypto transactions.

Last month, the PBoC zahtevano that the country’s banks and payment institutions stop providing any crypto-related services, while social media platform Weibo prekinjena several popular crypto-related accounts for “violation of rules and laws.”

Vir: https://decrypt.co/75313/china-central-bank-closes-software-maker-over-alleged-cryptocurrency-trading