WeChat Threatens to Ban Chinese Accounts Trading Digital Assets

Popular instant messaging platform WeChat has warned Chinese users against using the app to process transactions involving digital assets. This warning is in line with the directive issued by the Chinese Government last May. The directive banned financial institutions from providing crypto-related services, and warned investors against speculative crypto trading.  Therefore, WeChat, China’s largest social media platform, declared that it would limit or ban accounts that trade crypto or NFTs. Recently, it updated its rules to state what transaction behaviors…