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Do you still remember the "upstart" computer hardware - graphics card, whose prices have been rising, cards are hard to find, and there are constant complaints on the Internet? Graphics cards with prices rising by up to 200% have been "hated" by buyers this year. However, in the past month, the graphics card market has suddenly encountered a "cold wave." The drop of more than 1,000 yuan surprised many people who wanted to buy melons.
"From the beginning of the year to a month ago, the price of graphics cards has been rising significantly or slightly. The turning point should be mid-to-late May, when the entire market suddenly 'brakes'." A graphics card store located in Yigao Digital City, Wensan Road, Wang Yunfei of the store told reporters.
A month ago, the unit price of a graphics card was as high as 11,000 yuan. Now it has fallen by more than 30%, and the price has dropped back to 7,300 yuan. Recently, the price of a graphics card is still fluctuating at a high level of 17,000 yuan. The latest quotation is directly reduced to 11,000 yuan. In addition to price cuts for the best-selling graphics cards on the graphics card market, other types of graphics cards with higher or lower original prices have also seen price cuts. Before this "big drop", the unit price of a graphics card was 4,800 yuan. After a drop of more than 40%, the latest price of this model of graphics card is 2,700 yuan. The original price of graphics cards was generally between 24,000 yuan and 25,000 yuan, and the current price range has dropped to 17,000 yuan and 18,000 yuan.
In just about a month, why did the graphics card market suddenly encounter a large-scale and substantial "cold wave"? "The 'culprit' is still virtual currency. When it went crazy, everyone went mining. As a necessary equipment for mining, the price of graphics cards has also been increased. But now that virtual currencies are 'virtual', graphics cards have also been It's elevated." The market is in a bubble that can only be burst. "
As the world’s most important virtual currency “battlefield,” the main reason behind this wave of “seismic price cuts” is the government’s clear stance. On the evening of May 18, the People's Bank of China released news on its WeChat official account, and the three major financial industry associations jointly issued a statement to boycott virtual currency speculation. Subsequently, provinces such as Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, and Sichuan, where cryptocurrency mines are concentrated, began to clean up cryptocurrency mining projects. At this point, the complete ban on virtual currency mining in China has become a foregone conclusion, and the move to "ban" mining farms has also become a foregone conclusion. They also landed one by one. "After China banned mining, miners, the largest consumer group in the graphics card market, lost. So now graphics cards are going through a difficult 'cooling period' in terms of both price and sales."
In fact, as long as you look back a little, you will find that all of this has already happened. About a week before the government made its attitude clear, in mid-to-early May, the virtual currency market suffered a series of "bloodbaths" and Bitcoin suffered a serious crash, falling from its historical high of around US$64,000. I looked at the cryptocurrency charts. As of 3 pm yesterday (June 21): the price of Bitcoin has almost "cut in half" to US$33,000, and Ethereum has plummeted from its historical highest price of US$413 to US$140, with a total decline of more than 66%. %.
There are sharp rises and falls. Throughout the first half of the year, the graphics card market never stopped. After the ups and downs of the "roller coaster", what kind of drama will the price of graphics cards perform next? "There is a possibility of continuing to fall, but it is not big. For example, our dealer only earns 200 yuan from selling 8 graphics cards. If it falls again, there will be no profit at all." This type of graphics card has been on the market for a week. Floating in the range of 7,300 yuan to 7,500 yuan, the downward trend has basically been contained.
Summary of important news
1. The central bank takes action! Officially ban virtual currencies completely.
On the afternoon of the 21st, the central bank issued an announcement to interview some banks and payment institutions such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Postal Savings Bank, Industrial Bank, and Alipay, requesting a comprehensive investigation into the capital accounts of virtual currency exchanges and over-the-counter traders. and recognition. , promptly cut off the transaction fund payment link. In addition, various provinces ordered the closure of virtual currency mining machines, and two consecutive bans severely damaged the currency circle.
2. The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission publicly solicits opinions on the management measures for related-party transactions of banking and insurance institutions.
The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission has drafted the "Measures for the Administration of Related Transactions of Banking and Insurance Institutions (Draft for Comments)" and is now publicly soliciting opinions. The draft opinion points out (supervisory ratio of related-party transactions) that the credit balance of a banking financial institution to related parties shall not exceed 10% of the net capital of the banking financial institution at the end of the previous quarter. The total credit balance of banking financial institutions to group customers of related legal persons and unincorporated organizations shall not exceed 15% of the banking financial institution's net capital at the end of the previous quarter. The credit balance of a banking financial institution to all related parties shall not exceed 50% of the banking financial institution's net capital at the end of the previous quarter.
3. The National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly investigated the iron ore spot market.
The National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation went to the Beijing Iron Ore Trading Center to investigate and learn more about the iron ore trading situation and price changes this year. They held a special symposium and pointed out that they will pay close attention to changes in spot transaction prices and promptly investigate and deal with abnormal transactions and malicious speculation. Behaviors such as signing monopoly agreements, spreading price increase information, driving up prices, and hoarding will be severely punished in accordance with the law and publicly exposed to maintain good market order.
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