Bitcoin price crashes as China cracks down

John Leonard
clock • 2 min read

Price falls 16 per cent as People's Bank of China begins inspecting bitcoin trading platforms in Beijing and Shanghai

Officials from the People's Bank of China are investigating the country's burgeoning cryptocurrency exchanges, prompting a sharp fall in the price of the most widely used cryptocurrency, bitcoin. ...

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