以色列禁止比特币交易公司上市

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.

以色列当局成为最新的打击加密货币的国家监管机构，周一宣布禁止从事比特币交易的公司在特拉维夫证交所上市。

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”.

以色列证券监管局(ISA)采取此举之前，上周华尔街的自我监管机构——美国金融业监管局(FINRA)警告，某些公司在“吹嘘与比特币等加密货币相关的高回报”。

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.

包括中国在内的其他国家近几周也采取了类似的监管措施，其背景是各方对比特币形成泡沫的担忧不断加剧;中国在9月决定关闭比特币交易所，并禁止“首次代币发行”(ICO)，一度导致比特币价格大幅下滑。

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”.

以色列证券监管局局长撒姆耳•豪瑟(Shmuel Hauser)表示，他任命的一个研究如何监管数字货币的委员会将在未来一周提交报告。他警告称，他认为扶摇直上的价格是“一个泡沫”。

“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.

“没有人知道这种涨势背后的驱动因素是什么，”豪瑟在谈到这种数字货币的价格上涨时表示。他补充说，监管是必要的，“因为目前公众不受保护”。

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.

比特币上周遭遇了2017年最大规模抛售，上周五曾大跌逾30%，至每个比特币不到1.1万美元。此后在圣诞假日交易期间有所复苏，但周一晚些时候在伦敦的价格徘徊在1.4万美元上下，远低于12月中旬约2万美元的高点。

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月早些时候，多家以色列公司宣布有意投入比特币交易，这些举动导致它们在以色列上市的股票出现飙涨。此后以色列证券监管局已采取措施，遏制以色列金融公司对这种数字货币的投机。

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

“我认为这看起来像一个泡沫，闻起来像一个泡沫，行为特点像一个泡沫，感觉也像一个泡沫，”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.

根据该以色列监管机构的计划，“主要服务”为数字货币的公司将不被允许在特拉维夫市场上市，而那些已经上市、但将其“主营业务”转移到比特币的公司将被交易所摘牌。

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.

尽管以色列证券监管局持怀疑态度，但据以色列媒体本周早些时候报道，该国央行和财政部正考虑创建一种官方数字货币——一种数字谢克尔(以色列官方货币)——用于该国的移动在线交易，让用户绕过银行，在个人和企业之间转移资金。

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.

如果获得批准，以色列将加入至少三个国家(中国、日本和瑞典)的行列，开始探索官方数字货币的理念。