{"id":82232,"date":"2018-09-10T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=82232"},"modified":"2018-09-10T04:03:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T11:03:38","slug":"chinese-regulators-struggle-to-halt-illicit-trading-exchanges-switching-domain-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/chinese-regulators-struggle-to-halt-illicit-trading-exchanges-switching-domain-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Regulators Struggle to Halt Illicit Trading, Exchanges Switching Domain Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese cryptocurrency ban is proving to be far more difficult for regulators to enforce than anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Bank of China released a July <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/article\/beijings-crypto-crackdown-has-been-very-successful\/\">report<\/a> announcing the success of the country\u2019s cryptocurrency ban, stating that the influence of the Chinese Yuan on the cryptocurrency market\u2014which previously accounted for 90 percent of global trading volume \u2014 has been reduced to less than 1 percent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_78458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78458\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-78458 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/china-otc-ban-social-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"China\u2019s Biggest Payment App AliPay Bans Accounts Trading Bitcoin in OTC\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/china-otc-ban-social-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/china-otc-ban-social-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/china-otc-ban-social-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/china-otc-ban-social.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-78458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Related:\u00a0<a title=\"China\u2019s Biggest Payment App AliPay Bans Accounts Trading Bitcoin in OTC\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/chinas-biggest-payment-app-alipay-bans-accounts-trading-bitcoin-in-otc\/\">China\u2019s Biggest Payment App AliPay Bans Accounts Trading Bitcoin in OTC<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More recent data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/companies\/article\/2163194\/despite-tighter-scrutiny-crypto-trading-frenzy-proving-hard-douse\">published<\/a> by the South China Morning Post, however, implies that China-based cryptocurrency traders are far from inactive, with many Chinese exchanges able to circumvent the ban by rapidly switching domain names in order to avoid detection as well as hosting trading platforms on servers outside of China and operating via legal entities registered offshore.<\/p>\n<p>Enforcing China\u2019s cryptocurrency ban is made more difficult by the presence of \u201cclient-to-client\u201d trading platforms, which allow individuals to exchange fiat currency for <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/tether\">Tether<\/a>, which is then used on popular cryptocurrency exchanges outside of China that is accessed via VPNs\u2014which are not currently restricted in the country.<\/p>\n<p>To date, Chinese regulators have blocked access to a total of 124 offshore crypto-exchanges providing services to Chinese investors, but the distributed nature of the cryptocurrency trading environment makes it practically impossible to impose a total shutdown of illicit trading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese cryptocurrency ban is proving to be far more difficult for regulators to enforce than anticipated. 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