Bitcoin bouncing in the face of further China crackdowns signals the market is “bottoming on bad news”

Jun 9, 2021

Bitcoin and crypto markets have been hit with a wave of bad news headlines over the past couple months and prices have taken a sharp hit in response. China’s regulatory crypto crackdowns have been some of the largest contributors to the market action.

This morning, news of further crackdowns started circulating after the major Chinese internet service providers Baidu and Weibo started censoring searches for the three largest Asian crypto exchanges.

Source: Fundstrat, The Block

China blocking its citizens’ access to the major Asian crypto exchanges could be viewed as another b...

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