Alert.

Social Engineering attacks are happening in Slack channels and likely other social media.

Tipical username and picture clone with the odd extra letter.

Don't do high trust transactions, unless you get a skype of video or PGP or other highly reliable validation of identity.

breaking: A local official shots the mayor and the local Chinese Communist Party head in China

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20170104/56129857

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1027076.shtml

BOTH ATH AND GOLD PARITY IN CHINA! http://www.xe.com/en/currencyconverter/convert/?From=XAU&To=CNY

PBOC spoil the party again.

More details http://news.8btc.com/breaking%EF%BC%9Achinas-pboc-inquires-chinas-btcc-okcoin-and-huobi

PBoc detail: exchanges cant do offline promotion; no fake trade; Devaluation cant be mentioned; mandatory strong KYC https://t.co/gIWboIoHkS

PBOC are investigating BTCC exchange http://shanghai.pbc.gov.cn/fzhshanghai/113571/3233069/index.html

also some verbal reports OKCoin and Huobi.

and more http://beijing.pbc.gov.cn/beijing/132005/3233066/index.html

BTCC's comment on Weibo @YourBTCC:
https://t.co/RYSbql6HB1 https://t.co/27mmYKmMz3

UNCONFIRMED: Reports that Huobi has disabled margin trading.

UNCONFIRMED: Margin trading seems active for some users, more info coming soon.

Huobi reactivates margin trading, with a limit of 100k cny instead of 10 million cny. More info: http://8btc.com/thread-45151-1-1.html

BTC123 stops their BTC investment scheme

"Required by the PBOC, (securities regulatory body), and the police" http://m.btc123.com/news/newsDetail?id=5134

From BTCC (confirmed)

Due to business adjustment,
The function of lending fiat and coins is offline.
Existing loan are not affected, but you may only return but not borrow.