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In China, cities start piloting e-CNY payment in public transport systems
China's CBDC adoption is moving ahead as planned, with several cities testing a new electronic payment method that lets users...
China: Bank testing e-CNY smart contract-enabled school fee payment in Sichuan
The product is coming first to the city of Chengdu and will be developed by the Digital Research Institute, the...
Shanghai exchange Hotbit suspends services as authorities probe ex-employee
Hotbit says that police are investigating an ex-employee for criminal conduct and that its funds have been frozen for this,...
The CoinGeek Pulse Episode 99: Tornado Cash sanctioned, Hodlnaut halts withdrawals, NFTs on Instagram
U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said that cybercriminals regularly used Tornado Cash to launder money...
Chinese municipal bank issues first digital yuan loan holding IP as collateral
The Rural Commerce Bank of Zhangjiagang, located in China's Suzhou province, has issued the first-ever digital yuan loan backed by...
PBoC to onboard more provinces and cities to China’s CBDC platform
Lan Zhou noted that the CBDC had an impressive level of adoption across the test sites—citing that as of May,...