China’s lust for scarce resources
More than six months has passed since China first banned Bitcoin, and more than three months since its Central Bank banned it for the second time. While merchant adoption has [...]
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“A global trend of stricter regulation towards Bitcoin”
New in from China! Zhang Weiwu did advise us not to bother looking for action with the Chinese exchanges. They’re living on borrowed time, and the market seems to have [...]
Bitcoin is not a naughty child – it challenges China’s national control of its money. It shouldn’t have been born
A few days before the People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) critical date, May 10th, five exchanges stated they would regulate themselves. Will this save them? Weiwu Zhang is [...]
Chinese Banks don’t know how to act appropriately, because Bitcoin is too tiny
Zhang Weiwu comments on the latest news from China. He discusses how his last prediction wasn’t completely correct, but also finds the news amusing. Because in China, [...]
China: If Bitcoin remains small, it will be allowed to live
On a trip to Saigon, where he is meeting an American businessman, Zhang Weiwu watches mesmerised as April 15th rolls over the Chinese Bitcoin scene – and nothing [...]
‘It’s not a survivor’s game. It’s a loser’s game.’
A few days in the life of a Chinese Bitcoiner. Zhang Weiwu meets the CEO of a large exchange and is surprised to find himself in a conversation about its future. Here, he [...]
Exclusive: Truth and Rumor. A chinese perspective on the situation of chinese exchanges
A Chinese perspective on developments in China. Our author, Zhang Weiwu, lives in China and has been active in the Bitcoin scene since 2011. Here, he explains how to [...]