12月5日,中国人民银行、工业和信息化部、中国银行业监督管理委员会、中国证券监督管理委员会、中国保险监督管理委员会联合印发了《关于防范比特币风险的通知》(以下简称《通知》)。《通知》要求,比特币是一种特定的虚拟商品,不具有与货币等同的法律地位,不能且不应作为货币在市场上流通使用,普通民众在自担风险 On December 5, the People’s Bank of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Banking Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission and China Insurance Regulatory Commission jointly issued the Notice on Preventing Bitcoins’ Risk (hereinafter referred to as “Notice ”). The Circular requires that bitcoin be a specific virtual commodity that does not have the legal status equivalent to the currency and can not and should not be used in circulation as money in the market. The ordinary people are at risk