People’s Bank of China governor Yi Gang says ‘there’s no timetable for an official launch’ of the first sovereign digital currency among major economies The central bank chief played down upcoming trials involving the likes of Starbucks, McDonald’s and Subway despite a screenshot of the user interface emerging in AprilChina still has no timetable for launching its much-hyped sovereign digital currency, with limited public trials that will begin soon just “routine parts of the research and development process”, China’s central bank governor said. People’s Bank of China chief Yi Gang said China had “basically ... (full story)