Baidu Stops Accepting Bitcoins After China Ban
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Baidu Inc., China’s top search engine, stopped accepting Bitcoins after China’s central bank barred financial institutions from handling transactions, triggering a drop in the virtual currency’s value.
Bitcoin is down about 20 percent at 5,647 yuan on BTC China, the most-active online exchange where the digital money is traded for China’s currency.