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  • Bitcoin News

    Digital yuan transactions top US$73 mln in Guangzhou

    It took two-and-a-half months for China’s southeastern city of Guangzhou to surpass 490 million yuan (US$73.2 million) in digital yuan transactions, People’s Bank of China Guangzhou branch deputy manager Guo Yunxi said, according to local media.  See related article: JD.com tops US$60 mln in digital yuan sales in 618 shopping festival Fast facts See related […]

    Ningwei Qin

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    JD.com tops US$60 mln in digital yuan sales in 618 shopping festival

    Chinese online retail platform JD.com reported 400 million yuan (US$60 million) in digital yuan sales at the “618” shopping festival, accounting for about 0.1% of the event’s total sales.  See related article: Double Eleven: 240,000 orders by e-CNY on top e-commerce platform Fast facts See related article: China’s zero-Covid policy realigning global economy, financial markets

    Ningwei Qin

  • Regulation

    Chongqing joins China’s digital yuan tax pilots

    A Chongqing-based company became the first in the city to pay taxes with China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan, according to local media. See related article: China to issue free digital yuan to boost locked down economy Fast facts See related article: What I learned from my role in digitizing the yuan

    Ningwei Qin

  • Regulation

    Macao needs China’s heft in tech to introduce CBDC, official says

    Lei Wai Nong, Macao’s secretary for economy and finance, said China’s expertise in developing its digital yuan could help the specially administered region introduce a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to local media reports. See related article: China to issue free digital yuan to boost locked down economy Fast facts Lei said he will […]

    Timmy Shen