PBOC Governor Speaks About Digital Currencies
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan was just recently interviewed and had quite a bit to say concerning digital currency. The central bank official spoke of capital outflow, Bitcoin, and centralized digital yuan. Xiaochuan expressed a lot of knowledge on the subject, and he says the PBOC has been researching digital currency for quite some time now. Xiaochuan states in the written transcript: The governor of the bank, Xiaochuan gave strong opinions regarding the subject of permissionless and permissioned digital currencies. He believes the central bank adds a....
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