China’s government said it was especially concerned about crypto mining’s effect on the environment and people using digital currencies for fraud and money laundering . The country is now pushing their own digital yuan currency, and trying to make it more widely available to consumers.
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Experts estimate that as much as 20% of the worldwide bitcoin network remains in China .
Read moreWhat is China’s cryptocurrency?
The digital yuan or e-CNY is a digital version of China’s sovereign currency and has been in the works since 2014. It is not a cryptocurrency like bitcoin but is instead issued and controlled by the People’s Bank of China.
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