I don't believe they'd close exchanges, the result of that would be chaotic for the common Chinese folk investing in BTC. I wouldn't be surprised if the government is just allowing this to be able to buy coins for cheap though
I do believe it is not over yet. I'm not familiar with the technical side but it seems we'd still see another scare come November.
Chinese government wanted these exchanges to comply with their regulations and rules. I think those exchanges that shutdown do not have licence to operate since one of the exchanges stated that they do not need a license to operate when they started. And now that the government of China tightens its rules, they have to shutdown first before complying. I believe they will be reopen their services once they had all the necessary documents for the operation.
Yeah, it don't make sense to just leave the business. I'm more concerned for those people that have some coins in there. I read about 4 exchanges that are supposed to close but I still don't know if they already did. When things like this happen, are the exchanges give enough time to allow their clients to withdraw their funds?
They have given closure order up to the end of the month and beginning October so I believed that they have given ample time to let their customers withdraw their funds or moved it somewhere. Those 4 exchanges can't do anything but to follow the Chinese government. Some of them even voluntarily shuts down its operation. As I see it though, they are not totally shutting down those exchange but rather would like them to follow a more stricter policy that they are going to put up in the coming weeks. So let's assume that they can go back and be operational once they comply.