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China Isn't Closed To Bitcoin, Says Chinese Bitcoin Entrepreneur

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Mark Melin
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When China’s central bank barred financial institutions from handling Bitcoin transactions, the notion that “China was banning Bitcoin” spread like wildfire.

China Isn't Closed To Bitcoin, Says Chinese Bitcoin Entrepreneur

After dust clears, Bitcoin price and transactions drop

As the dust began to clear on December 6, 2013, Bobby Lee, founder of China’s largest Bitcoin exchange, BTC China, woke up to a hard reality: Bitcoin’s value had fallen from $1,100 to $500 and trading volume on his exchange dove by nearly 80%.  While many people might have counted him out, the entrepreneur now says Bitcoin is stronger in China than in the US as he...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.