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Fitch: China Closed a Record 671 Banks in a Year — Should Bitcoin Holders Worry?

  • —671 banks closed in a year, cutting their number 23% in four years to 3,139
  • —Bad loans at small banks reached 2.8% versus 1.5% for the system
  • —China's growth slowed to 4.3% in Q2, the weakest since 2022
  • —In July Wuhan authorities took over Z-Bank, which holds 124 billion yuan in assets
Why it matters: Crypto is banned in mainland China since 2021, but past banking shocks coincided with bitcoin rallies as a hedge.
Source: BeInCrypto