Inflation in China registered an increase of 0.1% year-over-year in April, according to numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics of the country, falling below
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China Pushes Digital Yuan for Wage Payments in Changshu
Changshu, a city in China with more than 1.5 million inhabitants, will pay public workers’ wages with the Chinese central bank digital currency (CBDC), the
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China to expand CBDC use case for Belt and Road Initiative
China was one of the first nations to start working on its CBDCs. However, despite the completion of its development, the government is yet to
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Report: Nigeria-China Currency Swap Agreement Fails to Ease Pressure on the Naira
Nigerian economic experts have said the country’s five-year-old currency swap agreement with China has not eased the pressure against the Nigerian currency. According to one
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CBDCs should protect privacy, not be a surveillance tool: Former CFTC chair
The former CFTC chair argues that AML and KYC measures are outdated and constitutionally questionable and said crypto technology can do better.
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China’s Hainan to boost NFT oversight as digital yuan trial ramps
Hainan’s market regulator wants to promote NFTs as part of the digital economy, but will actively work to weed out bad actors and speculative behavior.
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