Virtual currency investment of Bank of China

1. In order to protect the property rights and interests of the public, protect the legal tender status of RMB, prevent the risk of money laundering, and maintain financial stability, the people's Bank of China, the Ministry of instry and information technology, China Banking Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Recently, China Insurance Regulatory Commission jointly issued the notice of the Ministry of instry and information technology of the people's Bank of China, China Banking Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission and China Insurance Regulatory Commission on the prevention of bitcoin risk (YF [2013] No. 289, hereinafter referred to as the "notice")

the notice 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 compulsion, 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, bitcoin trading as a commodity trading behavior on the Internet, ordinary people have the freedom to participate at their own risk

the notice requires that at this stage, all 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 into 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

according to the notice, the bitcoin Internet website, as the main trading platform of bitcoin, shall be filed with the telecommunications administration according to the provisions of the Telecommunications Regulations of the people's Republic of China and the measures for the administration of Internet information services. At the same time, in view of bitcoin's high risk of money laundering and being used by criminals, the notice requires relevant institutions to perform the legal anti money laundering obligations such as customer identification and suspicious transaction report in accordance with the anti money laundering law of the people's Republic of China, so as to effectively prevent the money laundering risks related to bitcoin

in order to avoid excessive speculation 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

in the future, the people's Bank of China will continue to pay close attention to the trend and related risks of bitcoin based on its own responsibilities End)

bitcoin home has an interpretation.

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There is no official recognition of any virtual currency in China

different from sovereign currency, the "credit" basis of "virtual currency" is mathematical algorithm, and its price depends on the reliability of the algorithm, market confidence and other factors. There are many defects and loopholes in technology, and its value foundation is very fragile

the China Internet Finance Association recently announced that bitcoin and other so-called "virtual currencies" lack a clear value basis, the market has a strong speculative atmosphere, the price fluctuates violently, and investors blindly follow suit, which is easy to cause capital losses. There is no legal basis for the establishment of various so-called "currency" trading platforms in China

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in recent years, the price of bitcoin has risen rapidly, attracting a large number of people to enter. A large number of "virtual currencies" followed suit. In 2017, the price of Leyte increased by 476%, the price of Ruibo increased by 54 times, and the price of ether increased by 13 times

Li Aijun, Dean of the Internet Finance and Law Research Institute of China University of political science and law, believes that virtual currency is the proct of networking, and the digital information flowing in the network is beyond everyone's control. The code of cyberspace is the basis of the operation of virtual currency, investors can only operate through the front-end interface, seemingly "control" the virtual currency. The operator of the virtual currency service organization may become the actual controller of the virtual currency through the control code

Li Aijun, Dean of the Internet Finance and Law Research Institute of China University of political science and law, believes that virtual currency is the proct of networking, and the digital information flowing in the network is beyond everyone's control. The code of cyberspace is the basis of the operation of virtual currency, investors can only operate through the front-end interface, seemingly "control" the virtual currency. The operator of the virtual currency service organization may become the actual controller of the virtual currency through the control code

Du Yan believes that the existence of bitcoin and exchanges and other instrial chains has constructed an illegal financial market for asset transfer and financing beyond legal tender, increased the difficulty of regulatory authorities in managing financial security and stability, and promoted regulatory arbitrage and financial crimes. The risks and social security risks it brings to the financial market are far higher than its innovative value

investors should stick to rational investment, not blindly follow the trend, nor take chances. There are risks in investment, especially in the face of a new model, we should be more cautious in investment, so as not to become the target of wealth plunder by criminals

3. BOC has not issued any digital currency, which is a false information. The Bank of our country forbids digital currency. The central bank has planned to issue digital currency, but it is still in the experimental stage. Moreover, the digital currency that the central bank plans to issue is also different from bitcoin, Ruitai, Laite and other digital currencies.

4. The Bank of China has not made any transition with the virtual currency, and the central bank's attitude towards the special currency is cautious and indifferent
at the end of 2013, the central bank and other five ministries and commissions jointly issued a bitcoin risk notice, in which bitcoin was clearly defined as a special Internet commodity. People can buy and sell bitcoin freely at their own risk, denying its monetary attribute, and no financial institution can participate in bitcoin related business. Bitcoin home has the full text<

Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the central bank, said that bitcoin is a tradable asset like a stamp, which is not issued by the central bank, and the central bank has no right to ban bitcoin.

5. Nonsense, typical pyramid marketing discourse
in the bitcoin risk notice jointly issued by the central bank and other five ministries and commissions at the end of 2013, bitcoin is clearly defined as a special Internet commodity, and people can buy and sell it freely on the premise of their own risk. At this stage, bitcoin is not a currency. Bitcoin cannot and should be used for payment, and financial institutions are forbidden to provide services related to bitcoin. In 2014, third-party payment institutions and banks have interrupted the cooperation with the trading platform
therefore, the ICC virtual currency and the Bank of China are also doing things that are nothing. They are suspected to be a pyramid scheme and should invest prudently. At present, there are numerous pyramid schemes under the guise of bitcoin. As an investor, we should learn more about virtual currency, and don't believe in the myth that virtual currency makes wealth. At present, the more well-known virtual currencies are bitcoin, Wright coin, Fuyuan coin, dog coin and so on, but these coins are always used by pyramid schemes.

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Money laundering is a professional term in the financial instry, which is the act of legalizing illegal gains. Mainly refers to the illegal income and its income, through various means to conceal, conceal its source and nature, make it legalized in form. In the 1920s, a financial expert from the Chicago Mafia bought a coin operated washing machine and opened a laundry. Every night, he adds illegal money to the settlement of the day's laundry income, and then returns to the tax bureau. After tax, all the illegal income becomes his legal income, which is & lt; Money laundering; The origin of the word

money laundering can coexist with most crimes and is the downstream crime of these crimes. From the judicial point of view, money laundering has become a kind of crime; Crime barriers;, It not only hinders judicial activities, but also encourages criminals to be fearless and encourage them to continue to commit crimes. From the perspective of financial management order, money laundering activities often use the legal financial network to launder money, which not only violates the financial management order, but also seriously destroys the rules of fair competition and the free competition between the main bodies of market economy, thus bringing a certain negative impact on the normal and stable economic order. Money laundering is usually aimed at hiding the source of assets

7. Bank of China has not launched or plans to launch any digital currency, let alone specific events. In China, the major commercial banks have drawn a clear line with digital currency for a long time. Although the attitude towards digital currency is not so cold now, the law is still not prohibited. However, the central bank held a digital currency seminar earlier this year and planned to launch its own digital currency, which is different from cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Ruitai and Laite.

8. After the central bank announced the launch of digital currency as soon as possible in January this year, a few days ago, the block chain based digital bill trading platform promoted by the central bank was successfully tested, and the national legal digital currency issued by the central bank has also been put into trial operation on the platform. This means that China may become the first country in the world to issue legal digital currency
although there is no clear and consistent definition of digital currency, it does not hinder the rapid development of digital currency in recent years. Since 2009, the emergence of bitcoin not only subverts our understanding of traditional currency, but also promotes countries and relevant financial institutions to pay more attention to this kind of new currency form based on modern information technology and network technology. The domestic Puyin group is the first to launch the tea standard digital currency Puyin. Puyin is a standard digital currency issued through encryption and digitization of high-quality Tibetan tea assets stored, identified, evaluated and authorized by three parties.