China has upgraded the digital Yuan to pay interest, marking a shift in CBDC design with implications for banks, payments, ...

China’s digital currency program has completed its first cross-border consumer payment using the digital yuan in Laos. China is attempting to spread the use of its digital yuan through fast and easy ...

BANGKOK (AP) — China has been expanding use of digital currencies as it promotes wider use of its yuan, or renminbi, to reflect its status as the world's second-largest economy and challenge the ...

The technology allows the authorities to not only track where money is going, but also programme how it flows. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

By Marc Jones LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Transactions on a new China-led digital currency platform have surged to over $55 ...

China-led CBDC platform mBridge has processed over $55 billion in cross-border payments, a nearly 2,500-fold increase since ...

Yao Qian was removed from the Communist Party in 2024. Investigators say he took bribes in Ethereum. Former subordinate admits setting up a wallet for Yao’s bribes.

In 2025, China and the United States are deepening their rivalry in a new arena: digital currency infrastructure. In May, Hong Kong passed landmark legislation to regulate fiat-referenced stablecoins, ...

In 2017, the Chinese government was the largest cryptocurrency market in the world. It is estimated that as many as 80 percent of all Bitcoin transactions were taking place in Chinese currency, the ...

A documentary on state television highlights how a senior central bank official was bribed with a digital currency.

BANGKOK — China has been expanding use of digital currencies as it promotes wider use of its yuan, or renminbi, to reflect its status as the world’s second-largest economy and challenge the ...