China Reverses Cryptocurrency Ban and Now Wants to Dominate It

China Reverses Cryptocurrency Ban and Now Wants to Dominate It
ATM machines (L and R) for digital currency Bitcoin are seen in Hong Kong on Dec. 18, 2017. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
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The Chinese regime reversed a two year ban on cryptocurrencies and now wants to dominate blockchain technology to improve tracking of its own citizens.

Zhejiang University professor Chen Chun successfully explained to Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Political Bureau of China’s Communist Party on Oct. 24 that “the application of blockchain technology plays an important role in new technological innovation and industrial transformation,” according to Xinhua state media.