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Story: China Focuses on the Ban of Cryptocurrency Mining – Merchants Accepting Bitcoin Increase…

By Steven Anderson

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Zhong told SCMP "Bitcoin mining will no longer be dominated by China become more decentralized."

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China as already known is not a fan of cryptocurrency mining.  When rules are in place, it is going to have a major effect on the position of China as a hotspot for…

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The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is the government agency in China, which focuses on setting new rules in order to ensure an effective ban of cryptocurrency…

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The rules proposed by the agency will make the process difficult provided due enforcement is put in place.

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The NDRC has outlined the amendment draft for guiding the industrial restructuring.  This outline is a draft of the economic policy where the agency is setting the…

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Virtual currency mining like mining Bitcoin according to the policy needs to be eliminated right away.

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This proposed ban really seems to be an important subject matter for reasons related to the recent surge in the Bitcoin pricing, and all cryptocurrencies being mined on the GPU…

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There can be a GPU shortage due to crypto-mining.  This might or might not happen depending upon the price volatility of Bitcoin.

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Meanwhile, the preference for crypto is becoming widespread across the world.  In a survey respondents stated that they will be making use of cryptocurrency to pay for their…

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A tweet from the official Twitter account of IMF read: “We would like to hear from you.  How do you think you will be paying for lunch in 5 years.”

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A recent IMF poll stated that the cryptocurrency payments would become mainstream by the year 2024 with increasing numbers of Merchants.

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The ongoing developments in the field of virtual currency payment imply that the options, which are provided by the IMF are not mutually exclusive.

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While China focuses on the ban of cryptocurrency mining, the numbers of merchants accepting cryptocurrency is increasing across the world.

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