以色列禁止比特幣交易公司上市

Israeli authorities became the latest national regulators to crack down on cryptocurrencies, announcing on Monday they would bar companies trading in bitcoin from operating on the Tel Aviv stock exchange.

以色列當局成為最新的打擊加密貨幣的國家監(jiān)管機構，周一宣布禁止從事比特幣交易的公司在特拉維夫證交所上市。

The move by the Israel Securities Agency follows last week’s warnings by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street’s self-regulator, against companies that “tout the potential of high returns associated with cryptocurrency-related activities”.

以色列證券監(jiān)管局(ISA)采取此舉之前，上周華爾街的自我監(jiān)管機構——美國金融業(yè)監(jiān)管局(FINRA)警告，某些公司在“吹噓與比特幣等加密貨幣相關的高回報”。

Other countries — including China, whose decision to shutter bitcoin exchanges and ban initial coin offerings in September led to a sharp drop in prices — have made similar regulatory moves in recent weeks as fears grow of a bitcoin bubble.

包括中國在內的其他國家近幾周也采取了類似的監(jiān)管措施，其背景是各方對比特幣形成泡沫的擔憂不斷加劇;中國在9月決定關閉比特幣交易所，并禁止“首次代幣發(fā)行”(ICO)，一度導致比特幣價格大幅下滑。

Shmuel Hauser, director of the Israeli regulator, said a committee he has appointed to investigate how to regulate the digital currency would report back in the coming week, warning that he viewed the skyrocketing prices to be “a bubble”.

以色列證券監(jiān)管局局長撒姆耳•豪瑟(Shmuel Hauser)表示，他任命的一個研究如何監(jiān)管數(shù)字貨幣的委員會將在未來一周提交報告。他警告稱，他認為扶搖直上的價格是“一個泡沫”。

“Nobody knows what stands behind this,” Mr Hauser said of the digital currency’s rise in value. Regulation was necessary “because the public is unprotected,” he added.

“沒有人知道這種漲勢背后的驅動因素是什么，”豪瑟在談到這種數(shù)字貨幣的價格上漲時表示。他補充說，監(jiān)管是必要的，“因為目前公眾不受保護”。

Bitcoin suffered its biggest sell-off of the year last week when it dropped more than 30 per cent to under $11,000 per coin on Friday. It has since recovered during holiday trading, but by late Monday in London it was hovering near $14,000, well off its mid-December highs of about $20,000.

比特幣上周遭遇了2017年最大規(guī)模拋售，上周五曾大跌逾30%，至每個比特幣不到1.1萬美元。此后在圣誕假日交易期間有所復蘇，但周一晚些時候在倫敦的價格徘徊在1.4萬美元上下，遠低于12月中旬約2萬美元的高點。

Earlier in December, several Israeli companies announced their intention of delving into the bitcoin trade, moves which saw their shares soar on the Israeli market. The securities authority has since taken measures to try to curb speculation by Israeli financial companies in the digital currency.

12月早些時候，多家以色列公司宣布有意投入比特幣交易，這些舉動導致它們在以色列上市的股票出現(xiàn)飆漲。此后以色列證券監(jiān)管局已采取措施，遏制以色列金融公司對這種數(shù)字貨幣的投機。

"I think it looks like a bubble, smells like a bubble, acts like a bubble and feels like a bubble," Mr Hauser said.

“我認為這看起來像一個泡沫，聞起來像一個泡沫，行為特點像一個泡沫，感覺也像一個泡沫，”豪瑟表示。

Under the Israeli regulator’s plans, companies whose “principal services” are in digital currencies will not be allowed to trade on the Tel Aviv market, while those that are already listed but shift “the majority of its operations “ to bitcoin would be removed from the exchange.

根據(jù)該以色列監(jiān)管機構的計劃，“主要服務”為數(shù)字貨幣的公司將不被允許在特拉維夫市場上市，而那些已經上市、但將其“主營業(yè)務”轉移到比特幣的公司將被交易所摘牌。

Despite scepticism by the market regulator, Israeli media reported earlier this week that Israel’s central bank and finance ministry were considering the creation of a state cryptocurrency — a digital shekel — for use in cellular transactions in the country, which would allow users to bypass banks in transferring cash between individuals and businesses.

盡管以色列證券監(jiān)管局持懷疑態(tài)度，但據(jù)以色列媒體本周早些時候報道，該國央行和財政部正考慮創(chuàng)建一種官方數(shù)字貨幣——一種數(shù)字謝克爾(以色列官方貨幣)——用于該國的移動在線交易，讓用戶繞過銀行，在個人和企業(yè)之間轉移資金。

If approved, Israel would join at least three other countries — China, Japan, and Sweden — that have begun playing with the concept of an official digital currency.

如果獲得批準，以色列將加入至少三個國家(中國、日本和瑞典)的行列，開始探索官方數(shù)字貨幣的理念。