Following China's crackdown on
trading against the yuan, some of the country's major bitcoin exchanges are now shifting to the OTC market.
Not exact matches
China may have played an early card in this week's
trade summit with the United States as officials pegged the
yuan at the lowest levels
against the greenback in more than three months as the country's
trade surplus swells to $ 58.25 billion.
The
yuan has been rising quite consistently
against the dollar since Friday, when the
yuan was
trading at as high as 6.6667 per dollar.
The Chinese
yuan strengthened marginally
against the greenback,
trading at 6.6078 per dollar.
In China, the People's Bank of China set the set the reference rate for the
yuan against the dollar, the mid-point from which the currency is allowed to
trade, at 6.3732 versus the previous day's 6.3670.
The onshore
yuan, also called the renminbi, is constrained by a
trading band: China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), lets the
yuan spot rate rise or fall a maximum of 2 percent
against the dollar, relative to the official fixing rate, which is set daily.
Volatility in currency markets could cause problems because Beijing sets the value of the
yuan against a basket of the currencies of its major
trading partners.
a.) All predicted that the Chinese
Yuan should get cheaper soon
against the dollar b.) They predict an end of the unprecedented run - up the dollar had in the last few month
against most currencies (except for the yen, but that's a different story, it's the unwinding of the carry
trade.)