The Shanghai Headquarters of the People's Bank of China said that in the process of promoting the blockchain technology, virtual currency speculation has gone up. Next, the cryptocurrency business activities in the area will be continuously monitored. Once illegal activity is found, it will be punished immediately, and it will be done early and prevent it from happening. The Shanghai Headquarters of the People's Bank of China said it would rectify illegal cryptocurrency speculation and remind investors not to replace cryptocurrency with blockchain technology. As soon as the news came out, Bitcoin’s market was also affected by it. It recently broke through the $7,000 level and continued to go down.
Does anyone remember XI, where he praised blockchain technology but didn't really mention bitcoin at all, and even though he never mentioned bitcoin, the price of it went up around 7 or so percent the next day.
There is no doubt that China is a huge influence in a lot of things, including crypto-currency, and they definitely have the power to change or manipulate the price however they want, so it's no surprise to me people blame China for any price movements, although I honestly think they don't care.