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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday August 23 2020, @07:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the digiyyan? dept.

China Is Approaching the Release of Digital Yuan by Expanding its Trials:

As the idea of issuing the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is gaining traction worldwide, China makes practical steps to make their digital yuan release closer. Now, the country is going to expand its trials to test the CBDC potential on a larger scale.

CoinIdol, a world blockchain news outlet, has reported the start of the first digital yuan trials back in spring 2020. Initially, it covered four locations across the country: the cities of Chengdu, Suzhou, Shenzhen, and Xiong'An. It included major commercial banks of the country as well as some well-known global brands such as McDonald's and Starbucks.

Now, as the Wall Street Journal reports, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) plans on expanding the pilot's area to the country's major cities and provinces including Beijing, the provinces of Tianjin and Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta region, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The expansion is mostly targeted at checking the operation of the CBDC on a larger scale, as well as shaping of final policies before the full-fledged launch. However, the PBoC haven't provided any specific date of the expansion start, as well as the planned launch. At the same time, the institution stated that final policy-shaping is expected to be completed before the end of 2020, so the expansion is likely to start in the days ahead.

[...] The launch of the digital yuan can potentially make China the world's strongest economy, thus giving it a chance to combat the US hegemony in the world. That is why the country is very unlikely to take too long with expanding its CBDC trials as well as finishing all development processes.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2020, @05:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2020, @05:21PM (#1041198)

    the Jews and US black ops did 9/11