The People's Bank of China has imposed a ban on all cryptocurrency transactions.
Now all companies that deal with digital assets are outlawed in China. However, ownership of cryptocurrencies is still permitted.
Bank officials also said they would increase monitoring of cryptocurrency transactions.
After the release of the statement, the price of Bitcoin dropped by 5% in a few minutes. At the time of writing, BTC is trading around $42,500.
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