LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The world's biggest central banks are revving up work on issuing digital cash, aiming to fend off emerging threats to traditional money and to make payments systems smoother.
In recent weeks, central banks from China to Britain have deepened efforts to test and research such technology, in part as potential rivals like bitcoin move from the fringes of finance towards embrace by major investors and companies.
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