Digital currency industry regulation 94
It's illegal
the central bank indicated that it has not issued legal digital currency, nor authorized any institutions and enterprises to issue legal digital currency, and there is no promotion team. At present, the so-called "digital currency" in the market is not legal digital currency
In addition, the so-called "digital currency" launched by some institutions and enterprises and the so-called promotion of the central bank's issuance of digital currency may involve pyramid selling and fraud
extended information:
virtual currency is the electronization of illegal currency, and its original issuer is not the central bank. This kind of virtual currency is mainly limited to circulation in a specific virtual environment. Digital currency can be used for real goods and services transactions, but only the digital currency issued by the state is legal digital currency
in 2013, the central bank, together with five ministries and commissions, issued the notice on prevention of bitcoin risks, which clearly defined non legal digital currencies such as bitcoin as virtual commodities, which do not exist in the form of currency and legal currency
It is illegal to buy and sell digital currency in China
according to the announcement on preventing the financing risk of token issuance jointly issued by the central bank and other seven ministries and commissions, the announcement points out that any so-called token financing trading platform shall not engage in the exchange business between legal currency and token and "virtual currency", and shall not buy or sell tokens or "virtual currency" as the central counterparties, It is not allowed to provide pricing, information intermediary and other services for token or "virtual currency"
the announcement points out that token issuance financing refers to the so-called "virtual currency" raised from investors through illegal sale and circulation of tokens. In essence, it is an unauthorized illegal public financing behavior, suspected of illegal sale of token tickets, illegal issuance of securities, illegal fund-raising, financial fraud, pyramid schemes and other illegal and criminal activities
extended information:
the central bank said that the so-called "digital currency" in the market is not legal digital currency:
the central bank's monetary Bureau issued a "risk warning on issuing or promoting digital currency in the name of the people's Bank of China" on its official website, saying that recently, indivial enterprises falsely use the name of the central bank, The relevant digital procts are labeled as "authorized issuance by the people's Bank of China", or the central bank's digital currency promotion team is falsely claimed, in an attempt to deceive the public and take the opportunity to make huge profits
the central bank said that the central bank has not issued legal digital currency, nor authorized any institutions and enterprises to issue legal digital currency, and there is no promotion team. At present, the so-called "digital currency" in the market is not legal digital currency. The central bank also suggested that the so-called "digital currency" launched by some institutions and enterprises and the so-called promotion of the central bank's issuance of digital currency may involve pyramid selling and fraud
in fact, virtual currencies such as bitcoin and lightcoin are representatives of the so-called digital currency. The central bank said in 2016 that it was studying China's legal digital currency. Yao Qian, director of the digital currency Research Institute of the people's Bank of China, previously told the media that the prototype scheme for the central bank to issue legal digital currency has completed two rounds of revision, and is expected to be tested in relatively closed application scenarios such as the bill market in the future, but there is no clear timetable for its launch
according to the virtual financial assets Act (hereinafter referred to as VFAA) which came into effect on November 1, 2018 by the Maltese Government, a license is required to operate the virtual financial assets (VFA) business. This kind of license is issued by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). All applications for licenses must be made through qualified VFA agents
according to the virtual financial assets act, according to different types of business activities, the license is divided into four categories:
category 1: investment consulting
the license allows the holder to provide investment consulting and financing services for customers, but not to hold virtual assets on behalf of customers
scope of application: VFA investment advisory bodies
category 2: except for exchanges and proprietary trading, any other virtual asset services
holders of such licenses have the right to provide any VFA services and can hold or control customers' funds, but they can not operate VFA exchanges through their own accounts or operate exchanges by themselves
scope of application: wallets, encrypted financial asset investment funds
Category 3: any other virtual asset services except exchanges
holders of such licenses have the right to provide any VFA services, hold or control customers' funds, but cannot operate VFA exchanges
scope of application: OTC traders or market makers
category 4: VFA exchanges
are authorized to operate VFA exchanges and hold or control customer funds, virtual financial assets and / or private encryption keys, as well as services of custodians or agents, but only limited to the operation and related activities of the exchanges
scope of application: all kinds of cryptocurrency exchanges, such as coin an and okex, need to apply for such licenses
the application cycle is 1-2 months. It is suitable for the exchange to apply for compliance, and can engage in financial services such as ICO, cryptocurrency, etc. for details, please consult.