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Re:Reports: Chinese authorities plan to shut local Bitcoin e... by chollida1 on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:12AM (#15200798)
Full article with google translate

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&pr...

As usual Zero Hedge has written on this, this morning.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-08/bitcoin-crashes-mas...

China is really focusing on monetary policy of late, they are also trying to make the Yuan fall against the dollar.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-08/yuan-tumbles-after-...

Re:Reports: Chinese authorities plan to shut local Bitcoin e... by dang on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:16AM (#15200825)
OK, we've changed the URL to that last one from https://wallstreetcn.com/articles/3029742. If someone suggests a better URL, we can change it again.

Submitters: although we have deep respect for other languages, HN is an English-language site.

Re:Reports: Chinese authorities plan to shut local Bitcoin e... by davidgerard on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:20AM (#15200867)
there's got to be a better site for anything than Zero Hedge, that alone will bury this.
Re:Reports: Chinese authorities plan to shut local Bitcoin e... by dang on Friday September 08, 2017 @01:31PM (#15202267)
If there isn't a better link, it's likely a bogus (a.k.a. exaggerated) story.
Re:Reports: Chinese authorities plan to shut local Bitcoin e... by davidgerard on Friday September 08, 2017 @04:00PM (#15203477)
And this appears to be the case!

Dodgy rumour on QQ: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/2YfePTC0sGsFjHvf-HUqqA

Effect on price (screenshot from Coindesk this afternoon): https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/wp-content/uploads/2017...

Nothing to see here :-)