Tencent's messaging system is used by an estimated two-thirds of Chinese Internet users and its QQ Coins have been accepted as payment by other companies as well as sold for legal tender.

目前约有三分之二的中国互联网用户使用腾讯的即时消息系统。该公司出售的Q币已被其它公司接受为支付手段，并被用来出售换取实体货币。

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Although best known for QQ, a popular instant-messaging service with 567m users, much of its profits come from online games and a virtual currency, called Q COINS.

虽然其最出名的产品是QQ，在中国是最受欢迎的即时通信软件并拥有5.67亿用户，其大部分利润来自在线游戏和一种被称为Q币的虚拟货币。

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At that time, the government swooped in with relevant rules, essentially telling companies like the social networking and gaming portal Tencent that customer use of QQ coins, or similar virtual currencies, to facilitate certain transactions was starting to look a lot like traditional banking activities.

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