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China bans fundraising via cryptocurrencies

Prices for bitcoin and ethereum tumbled after the ban was announced

China bans fundraising via cryptocurrencies

Chinese authorities have banned a type of fundraising using cryptocurrencies, dealing a blow to startups and businesses opting to use the relatively new method of raising capital, writes Chao Deng for The Wall Street Journal.

A range of regulators, including China’s central bank, said today that so-called initial coin offerings were now illegal and ordered fundraising activities to “cease immediately”.

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