Analysis of News relating to the Digital Money Ecosystem

China's WeChat Crackdown Drives Bitcoin Devotees to Telegram ... - Bloomberg

15/09/2017 Link to source

China's WeChat Crackdown Drives Bitcoin Devotees to Telegram ... The country's crackdown on bitcoin and WeChat, the nation's dominant messaging app, is sending users of both to Telegram and other encrypted services ... and more »

Context

	China The People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country. Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China has become the world's fastest-growing major economy.
	WeChat WeChat s a mobile text and voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China.
	WeChat WeChat s a mobile text and voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China.
	Bitcoin Foundation The Bitcoin Foundation was launched in September 2012 to accelerate the global growth of bitcoin through standardization, protection, and promotion of the open source protocol.
	Bitcoin Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority.
	Weixin Payment Weixin Payment launched in March 2014, is the payment service offered by Tencent through its popular mobile messaging application WeChat, known as Weixin in mainland China.
	Digital Money in China 2015 An immense change has taken place in mainland China over the last 5 years over which we have carried out in-depth studies of this market. This positioned China as the largest online retail market in the world, and a leader in the use of Digital Money.
	Bitcoin Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collect

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