Is China allowed to speculate in bitcoin
There is no law in China to ban bitcoin, so it is not illegal to mine and earn bitcoin
it is not illegal to buy bitcoin in China. In 2013, five ministries and commissions jointly issued the bitcoin risk notice, which states that although bitcoin does not belong to legal tender and is not legally compulsory, people can freely participate in bitcoin trading activities when they voluntarily undertake risks
"notice" clearly defines the nature of bitcoin, and holds that bitcoin is not issued by the monetary authority, has no monetary attributes such as legal compensation and mandatory, and is not a real currency. In terms of nature, bitcoin is a specific virtual commodity, which does not have the same legal status as currency and cannot and should not be used as currency in the market
however, as a kind of commodity trading on the Internet, ordinary people have the freedom to participate in bitcoin trading at their own risk
the notice requires that at this stage, financial institutions and Payment institutions shall not price procts or services with bitcoin, buy or sell bitcoin as a central counterparties, underwrite insurance business related to bitcoin or include bitcoin in the scope of insurance liability, and provide other bitcoin related services to customers directly or indirectly, Including: providing bitcoin registration, trading, clearing, settlement and other services for customers; Accept bitcoin or use bitcoin as a payment and settlement tool; Carry out bitcoin and RMB and foreign currency exchange services; Carry out bitcoin storage, custody, mortgage and other services; Issuing financial procts related to bitcoin; Take bitcoin as the investment target of trust, fund, etc
in order to avoid over hype of virtual commodities such as bitcoin in the name of "virtual currency" and damage the public interest and the legal tender status of RMB, the circular requires financial institutions and Payment institutions to correctly use the concept of currency in their daily work, pay attention to strengthening the ecation of the public's knowledge of currency, and correctly understand the concept of currency The concept of correctly treating virtual commodity and virtual currency, rational investment, reasonable control of investment risk, and maintenance of their own property security should be included in the content of financial knowledge popularization activities, so as to guide the public to establish a correct concept of currency and investment
source of reference: People's website bitcoin network virtual currency
Radar currency is a kind of virtual currency, which does not have the value of real currency and has high risk, so it should not be invested
in 2017, the people's Bank of China and other seven ministries and commissions jointly issued the announcement on preventing the risks of token issuance and financing, which clearly pointed out that the token or "virtual currency" used in token issuance and financing is not issued by the monetary authority, has no monetary attributes such as legal compensation and mandatory, and does not have the same legal status as currency, It cannot and should not be used as currency in the market
at the same time, the announcement also pointed out that illegal selling and circulation, raising so-called "virtual currency" from investors, such as bitcoin and Ethernet, is essentially an unauthorized illegal public financing behavior, which is suspected of illegal selling token bills, issuing securities, illegal fund-raising, financial fraud, pyramid selling and other illegal criminal activities
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the value of real currency or something with monetary attribute is guaranteed from two aspects: one is the strong state power guarantee and endorsement, the other is the general public use and irreplaceable. Therefore, virtual currency is obviously not real currency<
after the regulatory authorities have made clear their attitude, although bitcoin China, huocoin.com and other "virtual currency" operators have successively taken restrictive measures on the trading platform, the risk of "virtual currency" speculation still deserves high vigilance
in response, the China Internet Finance Association also said in the "tips on preventing the risks of bitcoin and other so-called" virtual currencies ", that bitcoin and other so-called" virtual currencies "lack a clear value basis and are increasingly becoming tools for money laundering, drug trafficking, smuggling, illegal fund-raising and other criminal activities
investors participate in speculation through the "virtual currency" trading platform, and face the risk of price fluctuation, security risk, platform technology risk, etc., which need to be borne by investors themselves
the work place is too partial.
investment risk is great
it is basically a black market transaction
not advocated by the state
at the same time, there is no way to ban it.
Stock speculation and currency speculation are two concepts. The types of transactions are different. They all buy and sell according to the change of his price, and earn the difference. You can have a look at the transaction interface of currency speculation