Regulator 非難するs Australian bitcoin IPO 希望に満ちた for 中国 social マスコミ marketing
SYDNEY, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Regulators ordered Australia's Bitcoin Group Ltd to stop making public 声明s about its 計画（する）s to 請け負う the world's first 初期の public 申し込む／申し出ing of a 事実上の 通貨 交流 after the company approached 可能性のある Chinese 投資家s 経由で social マスコミ.
Melbourne-based start-up Bitcoin Group told Reuters in December it hoped to raise A$20 million ($15.6 million) on the Australian 在庫／株 交流 and has been 捜し出すing 表現s of 利益／興味 from 可能性のある 投資家s from the Chinese community through Wechat, 中国's hugely popular instant messaging service.
The Australian 安全s and 投資s （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 (ASIC) said on Friday it was 禁じるing Bitcoin Group from making any その上の 声明s about its planned 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing until it had とじ込み／提出するd a prospectus. While globally there are at least two other 公然と 貿易（する）d bitcoin companies に引き続いて "backdoor listings", Bitcoin Group would be the first to 申し込む／申し出 株 in an IPO.
"The 出版（物）s were made before Bitcoin Group Ltd was 登録（する）d as an Australian company by ASIC and before the lodgement of a formal 公表，暴露 文書 (e.g. a prospectus)," ASIC said in a 声明. "ASIC 推定する／予想するs companies to be fully aware of their 義務s regarding advertising or publicity that occurs before making a 規制するd 公表，暴露 文書 利用できる to 投資家s."
ASIC said the 活動／戦闘s 関係のある to Bitcoin Group 特に and not to bitcoin 一般に, but the move will 増加する scrutiny on the 議論の的になる new 事実上の 通貨.
Bitcoins are created through a "採掘" 過程 that uses a computer's 資源s to 成し遂げる millions of 計算／見積りs.
支持するs say bitcoin is 革命の as it is not controlled by a central bank, but its rising 人気 has stoked 関心 it can be used as a 乗り物 to launder money and 財政／金融 交戦的な groups.
Earlier this week, Hong Kong 国会議員s 勧めるd 当局 to 禁止（する） bitcoin as a group of more than 25 people went to police （警察，軍隊などの）本部 to complain over 取引 伴う／関わるing the 数字表示式の 通貨 that マスコミ 見積（る） could have duped 投資家s of up to $387 million.
($1 = 1.2845 Australian dollars) (報告（する）／憶測ing by Lincoln Feast; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)
