They also raised money back in 2014 using clearly ICO for Antshare. I don't know how they will not have any impact of People's bank of China. I am also double minded now and have sold out large portion of my NEO tokens already. I have kept some portion in case things looks good and can be fixed somehow to not regret later. I have secured my investment to be honest.
The most immediate threat to NEO and other ICO tokens is delisting from Chinese exchanges, if this happens then it will significantly reduce the trade volume.
This is apparently a direct translation from the Announcement by the Chinese authorities
Starting from the date of this announcement, any so-called token exchange platform shall not:- Be involved in offering exchange services between fiat currency and tokens
- Buy or sell tokens for cryptocurrencies, or act as a central party facilitating the trading of tokens for cryptocurrencies
- Provide price bidding or middleman service for the exchange of tokens for cryptocurrency.
For any token exchange platform that violates the law or regulation, financial authorities will request:- The telecommunication department to shut down its website and mobile application.
- The Cyberspace Administration of China to delist its mobile application from app stores.
- The State Administration for Industry and Commerce to discard its business license.
Source https://www.coindesk.com/chinas-ico-ban-a-full-translation-of-regulator-remarks/Translations are not necessarily fact as much of the meaning can go lost as has been seen often enough. The token exchanges referred to are from what I have seen actually specifically ICO platforms on which ICO tokens can be sold and you left out the title header which affirms what I have stated: "Reinforce the supervision on platforms that provide exchange services for tokens issued
during the fund raising". Why do you think Binance is still functioning and the official NEO Council statement mentioned nothing of that sort? It is because NEO is not going to be delisted anywhere. Binance only lists cryptocurrencies with a working product and userbase, so it has circumvented the worst of problems too. The Chinese ICO regulations are intended to stop scams. No company is better in terms of compliance than NEO. As stated NEO is the world's first ICO that offered to return money if any investors are unhappy and they still offer this policy at the moment. The thing is that no investor is going to ask their money back as they would get $0.25 per NEO or less instead of the current market price around $22. The regulations were intended to stop many upcoming ICOs in particular as many of the new ones in particular saw it as quick cash grabs and thus the regulation is intended to stop all future scams and provide the ability to go after all existing scams.
If anyone has Hshare on the other hand, then I think all concerns you raise are extremely valid.
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