Interesting information. Nice to know. It may be worth mentioning that as the united states cuts corporate tax rates, which could have a side effect of opening it up to broader investment in the business sector... Investments pouring into china could dry up as the USA becomes a more attractive option. It is possible that china's recent "crackdowns" on exchanges and crypto could be part of a widescale attempt to limit the degree to which investments in china's business and economy migrate out of the country.
It is nice to know that china's new head banker might have a sentimental attachment to crypto and subscribe to a bitcoin stance. But over the long term china's economic and financial policies may be more pragmatic and revolve more around necessity than adopting bitcoin and deregulating it in order to help it grow.
Your analysis is surely insightful. There are several approaches taking by US and China governments. For example, the US launched several anti-dumping investigations against Chinese companies. Also, after I had the interviews with some influential Chinese Crypto related players, I do think the gov. in China is not really banning the ICO or crypto. But wants to attract the money from overseas similar to your conclusion.
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