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China's Central Bank Will Look To Issue Its Own Digital Currency "As Soon as Possible"
China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced today that it will make the necessary moves to work toward issuing a digital currency, as soon as possible. The PBC has announced in a release today that it intends to launch its own digital currency, following a meeting held in Beijing. The purpose of the meeting was discussed in today’s release by the central bank of the world’s second largest economy. A ‘special’ research team put together by the PBOC was set up as early as 2014 to conduct research and look into all possible regulatory frameworks for the issuance of a nationwide digital ... (full story)