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gruez on Sept 25, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: China declares cryptocurrency deals ‘illegal’

So with this recent announcement, it's super duper illegal for them to use it? That's not really much of a change from a few weeks ago.

Jensson on Sept 25, 2021 [–]

No, it was never illegal for private citizens to use them before, they just banned the exchanges. Now any transaction is illegal.

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