Asia totters on its cryptocurrency stance

The region is a vital part of the world crypto community, mostly as investor and miner. But Korea and China have turned against virtual currencies, though Japan, despite recent setbacks, may have the answer.

 

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In July, Tama Churchouse, a founder of Stansberry Churchouse Research and partner at blockchain group block.one, made a big claim. “Asia is truly the epicentre of the global cryptocurrency boom,” he wrote. 

He supported his argument with a chart, sourced to coinmarketcap.com, suggesting that four of the world’s top six cryptocurrencies by 24-hour trading volume were in Asia: Bithumb in Korea, Yunbi in China, OkCoin.cn also in China and Bitfinex in Hong Kong, with China’s Huobi and Korea’s Coinone also making the top 10.

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