Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal have both published an article today on China possibly halting trading on the main Bitcoin exchanges in the country. Both articles declare that there is no official word from the People Bank of China or any other government organization on the ban. This seems like coordinated FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) to me. There is no official statement, but only a few Chinese news sites spreading fake news in my opinion. Perhaps they are managed by people who sold their Bitcoins for about $5000 each and now want to buy back their coins for a lower price. We'll see how this turns out...
China’s central bank said it couldn’t immediately comment.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-11/china-is-said-to-ban-bitcoin-exchanges-while-allowing-otc-trades-j7fofh20
The People’s Bank of China didn’t respond to a request for comment. A Huobi spokeswoman declined to comment beyond the firm’s press release. Another domestic exchange, OKCoin, didn’t respond to request for comment.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-to-shut-bitcoin-exchanges-sources-1505100862
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