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Tether adds offshore Chinese Yuan to Tron blockchain
7.12.2022
Tether Operations Limited (Tether) is a company that actively operates the blockchain-aided platform tether.to. The entity has taken the opportunity to make its formal announcement that they have successfully added the offshore Chinese Yuan to the Tron blockchain. Incidentally, Tether is also...
Russia’s Largest Digital Asset Deal Denominated in Chinese Yuan
5.12.2022
A Russian company has announced the country’s first authorized transaction with digital financial assets (DFAs) involving a foreign currency, China’s yuan. The deal, reportedly the largest made to date under the current Russian DFA law, covers the issuance of tokens secured by commercial debt....
Bank of Japan to Launch Digital Yen Pilot Program Next Year
26.11.2022
The Bank of Japan is preparing to run a test trial of its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yen, with help from three top banks and regional institutions. The pilot program, estimated to last two years, will focus on testing the currency via several transactions,...
Hong Kong Preparing to Join Digital Yuan Pilot, Extend ‘Cross-border’ Reach
23.11.2022
Mainland China and Hong Kong are set to co-launch the digital yuan’s first cross-border pilot project – as the People’s Bank of China (PBoC)-led project edges ever-closer to roll out.
According to Shanghai Securities News, Howard Lee, the Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority...
Shanghai Readies New Digital Yuan Giveaway
22.11.2022
Shanghai, China’s biggest city and its most powerful financial hub, is set to give away digital yuan tokens to 7000,000 of its residents later this week....
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Wells Fargo, HSBC Add Offshore Yuan to Blockchain Foreign-Exchange System
17.11.2022
The system started operating almost a year ago with the U.S. and Canadian dollars, British pound and euro and has settled over $200 billion in transactions
Here’s what you should know about the upcoming US midterms: Law Decoded, Oct. 31–Nov. 7
7.11.2022
Despite a common mantra about the nonpartisan nature of crypto, there are certain correlations evident ahead of the United States elections
Another Digital Yuan Giveaway Will See $2.75m Distributed in China’s Fuzhou
2.11.2022
China’s digital yuan pilot continues to gather pace: The nation’s central bank is teaming up with an e-commerce heavyweight in an effort to boost adoption. The parties will be giving away another $2.75m worth of coins (in e-voucher form) in the city of Fuzhou, in China’s Fujian Province....
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Chinese Central Bank Governor: User Privacy and Financial Security Key Principles Guiding CBDC Design Process
2.11.2022
According to Yi Gang, governor of China’s central bank, the process of designing the country’s digital currency is premised on two principles, the protection of user privacy as well as ensuring “financial security.” To achieve this, the central bank’s role will...
Chinese central bank exec says digital yuan will offer ‘controllable anonymity’
1.11.2022
China’s digital yuan is one of the earliest CBDCs whose pilot phase has expanded to include millions of users and billions in transaction volume
Privacy Protection a Top Issue for Digital Yuan: China's Central Bank Governor
31.10.2022
Privacy protection is one of the top issues when it comes to Central Bank Digital Currency application, according to China's Central Bank Governor
Fed Governor Waller Skeptical of Central Bank Digital Currencies — Says He’s ‘Not a Big Fan’ of the Fed Issuing Digital Dollar
27.10.2022
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller says he is not a big fan of the Fed issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). “It’s just a checking account at the Fed,” said the governor. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently said that the central bank has not decided...
Yuan Taps New Low Versus US Dollar as Investors React to Endorsement of Chinese President’s Third-Term Bid
25.10.2022
The Chinese yuan’s offshore exchange rate against the U.S. dollar fell to a new all-time low of 7.33:1 just over a day after the conclusion of the Chinese Communist Party’s congress which gave President Xi Jinping the mandate to lead the country for the third time. Concerns over...
Hong Kong Presents Digital Currency Prototype, Project Aurum
24.10.2022
Financial authorities in Hong Kong have unveiled a prototype of the Chinese autonomous territory’s own central bank digital currency called Project Aurum. The two-tier platform features a wholesale interbank and a retail e-wallet system, participants revealed. Hong Kong to Issue Retail Tokens...
Chinese Researchers Propose Asian Digital Currency to Reduce Reliance on US Dollar
15.10.2022
Experts from an economic institute in China have circulated the idea of creating a blockchain-powered digital currency that could lower Asia’s reliance on the greenback. The initiative comes against the backdrop of an expanding digital yuan pilot, and after recent trials of cross-border payments...
Chinese Digital Currency Transactions Exceed 100 Billion Yuan, Central Bank Says
14.10.2022
Spending with China’s state-issued digital currency has surpassed 100 billion yuan, close to $14 billion, by the end of August, the country’s monetary authority revealed. More than 5 million merchants now accept the digital yuan in 15 Chinese regions as Beijing continues to expand the pilot areas....
China floats idea of 'Asian yuan' to reduce reliance on US dollar
14.10.2022
The proposed distributed ledger technology-backed “Asian yuan” token would supposedly help reduce Asia’s dependence on the U.S. dollar for international business
China’s Central Bank Digital Yuan Transactions Surpass $14 Billion
13.10.2022
China's digital yuan has processed over 100 billion yuan (close to $14 billion) worth of transactions so far, becoming the most widely adopted central bank digital currency (CBDC) across the globe.
The e-CNY has recorded $13.9 billion worth of transactions as of August 31, the People’s Bank...
Bank of China: Digital yuan transactions volume crossed $14B mark
13.10.2022
The largest CBDC pilot in the world is going to expand on citizen payments and cross-border operations with Hong Kong
Crypto News Summary: FTX V2 Announced, Transit Finance Hacker Returning Funds, Dapper Labs Restricts Russian Accounts
10.10.2022
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