{"id":265953,"date":"2021-06-03T21:31:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T18:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/southern-china-warns-investors-against-illegal-token-platforms\/"},"modified":"2021-06-03T21:31:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T18:31:48","slug":"southern-china-warns-investors-against-illegal-token-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/southern-china-warns-investors-against-illegal-token-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"# Southern China warns investors against illegal token platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# Southern China warns investors against illegal token platforms <\/strong>”
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Following China\u2019s major regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies, financial regulators in Hainan, the smallest province in the country, reportedly issued a warning against crypto or blockchain-theme<\/a>d illegal fundraising schemes.<\/p>\n

According to local reports, the Hainan branch of the People\u2019s Bank of China, the central bank of the country, and the local financial supervision authority were among the regulators who made the announcement<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Regulators warned investors about illegal fundraising campaigns that use virtual currency or blockchain as promotion material, stating that illicit token issuance and financing activities are forbidden. <\/p>\n

\u201cAny so-called token financing platform shall not engage in the business of exchange between legal tender and tokens or virtual currencies,\u201d regulators noted, simply meaning those token financing platforms can\u2019t be used as fiat-to-crypto gateways. It\u2019s also forbidden for said platforms to buy, sell or act as an intermedia<\/a>ry to buy or sell tokens, the report says. <\/p>\n

The warning also encompasses financial and payment institutions, banning them from \u201cdirectly or indirectly [providing] services related to virtual currencies.\u201d <\/p>\n

Last month, the China Internet Finance Association, the China Banking Association, and China Payment and Clearing Association issued a shared statement about the risks of trading cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n

After massive power outages in the Chinese mining hub of Xinjiang in mid-April, Beijing authorities focused on crypto mining data centers\u2019 energy consumption. Several large-scale Bitcoin (BTC) miners have since announced their plans to cease operations in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Regulatory notice on stricter supervision of Bitcoin mining aligned with Elon Musk\u2019s U-turn on Bitcoin payments for Tesla, causing a price crash for BTC and crypto markets in general<\/a>. The increased volatility of cryptocurrencies triggered a series<\/a> of warnings from central banks and financial institutions worldwide.<\/p>\n