Shenzhen will issue digital currency worth of 20 million yuan ($3.1 million) as part of a pilot project of digital currency in its Longhua district on Wednesday. This is the third time the city will…
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China’s southern boomtown of Shenzhen will issue digital currency worth 20 million yuan (about 3.1 million U.S. dollars) as part of a pilot program to promote the application of the new form of … (…
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