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China Disrupts Crypto Payments In Latest Regulatory Push

by CBDC Insider
September 27, 2021
in Asia, Business
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China Disrupts Crypto Payments In Latest Regulatory Push
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In 2013, China banned banks from handling Bitcoin, and in 2017, the central bank made domestic crypto exchanges illegal. The government imposed strict rules in May regarding crypto trading and mining—which caused the price of Bitcoin to tumble.

And in June, financial regulators ordered banks and payment companies to take a more active role in cracking down on crypto-related customer transactions.

China began work on the central bank digital currency (CBDC) in 2014 and started testing it in April 2020. This year, it launched a series of comprehensive pilots.

In July, PBOC published a digital yuan progress report, which found that nearly 21 million personal and 3.51 million corporate digital yuan wallets had been issued. It also reported that nearly 71 million transactions worth about RMB 34.5 billion ($5 billion) had been used for retail, transit, bill, and government payments.
Doing away with traditional cryptocurrencies and crypto-related activities might usher Chinese consumers toward the digital yuan and encourage its use.

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The bigger picture: China’s latest crackdown on cryptocurrencies coincides with the government’s clampdown on domestic retail and financial conglomerates—suggesting that the government is looking to regain control of the country’s financial system.

In April, the Chinese government slapped Alibaba with a whopping $2.75 billion fine following a monthslong investigation. The following month, PBOC ordered the country’s largest tech players, including Tencent, to get rid of all their financial services unrelated to payments. And just this month, the government ordered Ant Group to break off its loans business from subsidiary Alipay.

Related content: Check out our Blockchain in Payments report to get insights into cryptos, CBDCs, and stablecoins, as well as their payment use cases, opportunities, and challenges.

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