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Questions Linger As China's Bitcoin Exchanges Halt Margin Trading

Huobi and OKCoin, two of the world's largest bitcoin exchange businesses by volume, have formally announced they have halted margin trading services.

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China's Bitcoin Exchanges Quietly Made Policy Updates Overnight

China's major bitcoin exchanges halted, or otherwise updated, their lending-based bitcoin trading services today.

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China's Central Bank to Conduct Ongoing Bitcoin Exchange Visits

The People's Bank of China revealed today it has held additional meetings with major bitcoin exchanges.

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China's Central Bank Issues Warnings to Major Bitcoin Exchanges

Officials from the People's Bank of China met with representatives of major bitcoin exchanges this week to issue a warning about their conduct.

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Huobi Will Now Take Your Bitcoins as Stock Trading Collateral

Huobi's new platform lets investors buy real shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, while still keeping their bitcoin holdings as collateral.

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BitVC Swaps 'Socialized' Futures Losses for New Risk System

Huobi's bitcoin futures trading platform BitVC has replaced the unpopular socialized losses risk system with 'automatic counterparty deleveraging'.

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Huobi Courts International Customers With Fee Cuts

China's Huobi is making an international push in 2015 by temporarily eliminating or lowering fees on its USD trading platform BitYes.

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Chinese Official: Bitcoin Can 'Co-exist' with Fiat Currencies

Former vice-governor of China's central bank, Wu Xiaoling, has said digital currencies like bitcoin "could co-exist with fiat currencies".

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Huobi's BitVC Uses Trader Profits to Cover Futures Loss

Bitcoin margin trading comes under scrutiny as BitVC takes 46% of traders' profits to cover a 3,000 BTC loss.

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