Is BM digital currency trading platform legal
According to the announcement on preventing the financing risk of token issuance, there is no approved digital currency trading platform in China
on September 4, 2017, the central bank and other seven ministries and commissions jointly issued the "notice on preventing the financing risk of token issuance", which pointed out that any so-called token financing trading platform shall not engage in the exchange business between legal tender and token and "virtual currency", and shall not buy or sell tokens or "virtual currency" as a central counter party, It is not allowed to provide pricing, information intermediary and other services for token or "virtual currency"
on November 13, 2019, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Local Financial Supervision issued the "risk tips on unauthorized business activities of branches of trading places" which pointed out: "if there are branches of foreign trading places (mainly financial assets exchange) carrying out business activities in Beijing, it is illegal business activities."
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digital currency may breed many illegal behaviors, such as exchange or one of the fields where illegal behaviors occur. The exchange may manipulate the stability of digital currency value, but the stability of currency value is closely related to the risk of financial system. If the fluctuation of currency value is manipulated artificially, it may bring bad capital flow and affect the security of national financial system
from the perspective of financial stability, strengthening the supervision of exchanges is concive to maintaining the stability of financial order. Due to a large amount of capital flowing into the exchange, under the influence of businessmen pursuing profits, it is likely to cause the behavior of ICO in the currency circle, resulting in the lack of necessary support for the technology research and development of the chain circle. In order to regulate the market, it is necessary for the relevant departments to strengthen the supervision of the exchange
It is illegal to buy and sell digital currency in China
according to the announcement on preventing the financing risk of token issuance jointly issued by the central bank and other seven ministries and commissions, the announcement points out that any so-called token financing trading platform shall not engage in the exchange business between legal currency and token and "virtual currency", and shall not buy or sell tokens or "virtual currency" as the central counterparties, It is not allowed to provide pricing, information intermediary and other services for token or "virtual currency"
the announcement points out that token issuance financing refers to the so-called "virtual currency" raised from investors through illegal sale and circulation of tokens. In essence, it is an unauthorized illegal public financing behavior, suspected of illegal sale of token tickets, illegal issuance of securities, illegal fund-raising, financial fraud, pyramid schemes and other illegal and criminal activities
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the central bank said that the so-called "digital currency" in the market is not legal digital currency:
the central bank's monetary Bureau issued a "risk warning on issuing or promoting digital currency in the name of the people's Bank of China" on its official website, saying that recently, indivial enterprises falsely use the name of the central bank, The relevant digital procts are labeled as "authorized issuance by the people's Bank of China", or the central bank's digital currency promotion team is falsely claimed, in an attempt to deceive the public and take the opportunity to make huge profits
the central bank said that the central bank has not issued legal digital currency, nor authorized any institutions and enterprises to issue legal digital currency, and there is no promotion team. At present, the so-called "digital currency" in the market is not legal digital currency. The central bank also suggested that the so-called "digital currency" launched by some institutions and enterprises and the so-called promotion of the central bank's issuance of digital currency may involve pyramid selling and fraud
in fact, virtual currencies such as bitcoin and lightcoin are representatives of the so-called digital currency. The central bank said in 2016 that it was studying China's legal digital currency. Yao Qian, director of the digital currency Research Institute of the people's Bank of China, previously told the media that the prototype scheme for the central bank to issue legal digital currency has completed two rounds of revision, and is expected to be tested in relatively closed application scenarios such as the bill market in the future, but there is no clear timetable for its launch
1. Currency digitization and digital currency are not the same thing, so don't confuse them
2. There may be legal digital currency in China in the future, but it must be issued by the Central Bank of China
3. Bitcoin is not a currency. Currency is a credit symbol issued by the Central Bank of a sovereign country. Bitcoin is a speculative target, which is not recognized by major countries in the world.
China does not recognize digital currency, and all transactions related to digital currency are not legal. But it does not mean that investment is illegal. The concept of "not legal" here means that your transaction is not protected by law. Once the platform roll money away, then the loss is not protected by law
if digital currency is widely accepted and can play the role of currency, it will weaken the effectiveness of monetary policy and bring difficulties to policy-making. Because digital currency issuers are usually unregulated third parties, money is created outside the banking system, and the amount of circulation depends entirely on the wishes of the issuers
as a result, the money supply is unstable, and the authorities are unable to monitor the issuance and circulation of digital currency, resulting in the inability to accurately judge the economic operation, which will bring trouble to policy-making, and weaken the effectiveness of policy transmission and implementation
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low transaction cost: compared with traditional bank transfer, remittance and other methods, digital currency transaction does not need to pay fees to third parties, and its transaction cost is lower, especially compared with cross-border payment which provides high handling charges to payment service providers
fast transaction speed: the blockchain technology used in digital currency has the characteristics of decentralization, and it does not need any centralized organization similar to the clearing center to process data, so the transaction processing speed is faster
according to the announcement on preventing the financing risks of token issuance jointly issued by the central bank and other seven ministries and commissions, the announcement points out that any so-called token financing trading platform shall not engage in the exchange business between legal tender and token and "virtual currency", and shall not buy or sell tokens or "virtual currency" as a central counter party, It is not allowed to provide pricing, information intermediary and other services for token or "virtual currency"
the announcement points out that token issuance financing refers to the so-called "virtual currency" raised from investors through the illegal sale and circulation of tokens. In essence, it is an unauthorized illegal public financing behavior, suspected of illegal sale of token bills, illegal issuance of securities, illegal fund-raising, financial fraud, pyramid schemes and other illegal criminal activities<
extended information:
the central bank said that the so-called "digital currency" in the market is not legal digital currency:
the central bank's gold and silver Bureau issued a "risk warning on issuing or promoting digital currency in the name of the people's Bank of China" on its official website, saying that recently, indivial enterprises falsely used the name of the central bank and labeled relevant digital procts as "authorized issuance of the people's Bank of China", Or they falsely claim that the central bank's digital currency promotion team is trying to deceive the public and make huge profits
the central bank said that the central bank has not issued legal digital currency, nor authorized any institutions and enterprises to issue legal digital currency, and there is no promotion team. At present, the so-called "digital currency" in the market is not legal digital currency. The central bank also suggested that the so-called "digital currency" launched by some institutions and enterprises and the so-called promotion of the central bank's issuance of digital currency may involve pyramid selling and fraud
in fact, virtual currencies such as bitcoin and lightcoin are representatives of the so-called digital currency. The central bank said in 2016 that it was studying China's legal digital currency. Yao Qian, director of the digital currency Research Institute of the people's Bank of China, previously told the media that the prototype scheme for the central bank to issue legal digital currency has completed two rounds of revision, and is expected to be tested in relatively closed application scenarios such as the bill market in the future, but there is no clear timetable for its launch
reference source: Xinhuanet - has anyone issued digital currency in the name of the central bank
source of reference: China Securities Regulatory Commission - Announcement on preventing financing risks of token issuance