China Central Bank Official: People Should be Free to Use Bitcoin Exchanges
Yi Gang, the deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, this week mentioned bitcoin in comments that have sparked optimism in the country's bitcoin business community. Speaking in Chinese at an economic forum, Mr Yi made statements to the effect that it would be impossible for China's central bank to recognize bitcoin as a legal, legitimate financial instrument "in the near future". But perhaps more significantly, he added that people should be free to buy and sell bitcoins on exchanges with no interference from the central bank, and that he would personally look at the digital....
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China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China, has added more cities to test its digital currency. According to the latest official data, the digital yuan has more than 261 million users.
PBOC Adds More Cities to Test Its CBDC
The Chinese central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), said Saturday that it is adding more pilot cities to test its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan (e-CNY).
The new pilot cities are Tianjin, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen, and six cities in the Zhejiang province that will host the 2022....
Following as-yet-unconfirmed rumours that the People's Bank of China would move to block domestic banks from working with digital currency exchanges this April, the price of bitcoin has declined substantially since 26th March, dropping from a high of just over $580 to today's low of $442 on the CoinDesk USD Bitcoin Price Index. The decline has been exacerbated by the fact the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, has not yet issued a formal response. Notably, this lack of action sharply contrasts the events of 21st March, when the PBOC reacted quickly to quash rumours....
A senior Chinese central bank official who leads the department investigating bitcoin exchanges has revealed telling insights into authorities’ current stance on the bitcoin industry in China. Since the turn of the year, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has taken a notable interest in the local bitcoin industry. The bank’s officials have spoken to representatives from the big Chinese exchanges, conducted ‘on-site inspections’ of these exchanges and have wielded their authority to force the industry into making a handful of notable changes. Putting an end to zero-fee trading and margin....
China’s central bank digital currency now has 261 million unique users, according to an official of the central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). Furthermore, transactions worth 87.5 billion yuan ($13.78 billion) have been made using the digital yuan and more than 8 million merchants now accept e-CNY.
China’s Central Bank Digital Currency Growing in Adoption
Zou Lan, head of financial markets at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), provided an update on the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan, at a press....