The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is stepping up its research on a “sovereign digital currency” as it joins other central banks and financial institutions in exploring future forms of money.
China’s central bank banned Bitcoin, the internet currency, from being used by the country’s financial institutions in 2013, saying that Bitcoin was not a real currency and could not become a legal form of money.
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