The central bank leads a joint law enforcement operation with multiple departments, resulting in the removal of 13 apps related to virtual currency trading

Chain Catcher news, in March this year, the Chaoyang Court provided relevant clues discovered during the case trial to the People's Bank of China and the Beijing Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau, and sent judicial recommendations for clearing virtual currency trading platforms. After receiving the judicial recommendations from the Chaoyang Court, the People's Bank of China communicated with the court multiple times and actively coordinated with relevant central and local functional departments to carry out disposal work.

On September 13, the People's Bank of China replied to the Chaoyang Court, stating that it had transferred the relevant clues to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, coordinating relevant departments to block and dispose of websites and apps, resulting in the blocking of 10 virtual currency exchange app download addresses, 1 virtual currency trading app, and 32 related domain names.

On September 21, the Beijing Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau replied, stating that it had interviewed the operators of the involved websites, ordering them to remove the illegal content immediately. At the same time, under the guidance of the People's Bank of China, it conducted investigations and disposal of 227 enterprises suspected of violating regulations in the virtual currency field across the city, working with the Municipal Communication Administration, the Municipal Cyberspace Administration, and other departments to shut down 23 mainstream media websites related to virtual currency, 440 self-media accounts involved in virtual currency promotion and trading, removed 13 virtual currency trading apps, and controlled 25 keywords suspected of virtual currency speculation. Under the guidance of the Beijing Banking and Insurance Regulatory Bureau, 6 banks in the jurisdiction conducted investigations on the personal accounts of 2 suspected over-the-counter virtual currency traders and implemented control measures such as restricting non-counter transactions and account closures. (Source link)