Xi calls for ‘proactive’ global digital currency role

From asiatimes.com

Xi Jinping believes China should play a stronger role in creating the global regulatory framework for digital currency. “We need to take advantage of the momentum and accelerate the digitalization of various fields including our economy, society and government, as well as proactively participate in creating the international regulatory framework on digital currency and digital tax,” the Chinese president said in a statement on Saturday titled “Issues on National Medium and Long-Term Social and Economic Strategies.” Xi’s statement was preceded by the People’s Bank of China’s recent release of a proposed ... (full story)