I don't think this is to protect WeChat. But speaking of this, it's really interesting to witness many Chinese bitcoin users/traders start to abandon WeChat an

I don't think this is to protect WeChat. But speaking of this, it's really interesting to witness many Chinese bitcoin users/traders start to abandon WeChat and switch to Telegram. Many of them are totally new to telegram, but fear of Gov-monitoring drive them there. See also https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-15/china-s-wechat-crackdown-drives-bitcoin-devotees-to-telegram https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-15/china-s-w...