Over the last few months, big organizations and government institutions have shown interest in the crypto space. China’s central bank – People’s Bank of China (PBoC) – has fast-tracked its work on introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to the market. However, China’s attempts to launching a CBDC come as a measure to counter the potential competition by Facebook‘s Libra.Commenting on this, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said that China has the most progressive approach towards CBDC....
Read More »Tether Launches a New ERC-20 Stablecoin Backed by Chinese Yuan
Tether, the company behind a controversial USDT stablecoin, has announced the launch of a new ERC-20 token based on the Ethereum blockchain. The new stablecoin tagged ‘CNHT’ is pegged directly to the offshore Chinese Yuan (CNH).There are two kinds of national currency in China: offshore yuan is free from the monetary policies established in Beijing and can be traded freely on foreign currency markets, while onshore yuan trading is under control of the Chinese central bank, the People’s Bank...
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