Some pages ago the BitFinex guys wrote they have no bankaccounts, company registration or anything else in China. From that, they are not affected by chinese regulations or new year whatsoever.
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This is not accurate. If you look back to the post:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=229438.msg4007805#msg4007805 , Raphael clearly states that the deposit bank account is in Pudong (which is the financial district in Shanghai). BTC China ALSO is HQ'd in Pudong, so I don't understand why Raphael thinks he is exempt while BTC China is not???
tldr - do not deposit in Bitfinex until this is cleared up.
Let's see if by re-phrasing I can make this clear in a definitive way:
1 ) Bitfinex ltd is incorporated in Hong Kong.
2 ) Hong Kong is not China.
3 ) Bitfinex operates with an off-shore account in Pudong.
4 ) This can be extrapolated also by the account number, which begins with OSA ( in case somebody still don't see the point, OSA stands for Off Shore Account)
5 ) Our offshore account is denominated in USD and has nothing to do with CNY ( a.k.a. Yuan, a.k.a. Renminbi, that is the Chinese currency) to whom the restrictions apply.
6 ) China wants to limit the outflow of capital, not a company incorporated in Hong Kong that stays away from its currency.
7 ) BTC-China = CNY --> Problem
8 ) Bitfinex = USD --> No Problem
I hope it's all clear now.
In case it isn't, well.....
Have a good day
Giancarlo
Bitfinex Team