China launched its pilot digital yuan on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. The digital currency works through a mobile app, e-CNY, which is available on Android and Apple app stores. The app is still in a development phase and is restricted to select users such as domestic banks as China plans a nationwide rollout.
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Huobi was founded in 2013 by Leon Li, a former Oracle Corp. coder, and Du, the marketing chief. The pair quickly grew the Beijing startup to become the world’s most active Bitcoin exchange by luring Chinese traders with zero transaction fees.
Read moreIs China banning Crypto?
Last year, China’s government banned cryptocurrency trading and mining in one of the world’s most intense crackdowns. But China’s government is pursuing other uses of blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens (NFTs)—as long as the technology stays under its control.
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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.
Read moreCan you invest in DCEP?
How to buy DCEP? Currently DCEP is only available to other banks working with the People’s Bank of China . This will eventually open up to the general public in 2020. There are currently no cryptocurrency exchanges that trade DCEP.
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The clampdown in China comes as the country’s central bank has been testing its own digital currency, the electronic Chinese yuan. A notice posted by the central bank explicitly called out Bitcoin and Ether , the two most popular cryptocurrencies, for being issued by “non-monetary authorities.”
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