The People's Bank of China has denied rumors about the release of state cryptocurrency in November

According to the local publication Global Times, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) denied rumors that the issueState cryptocurrency is scheduled for November this year.

Representatives of the NBK stressed that rumors aboutthe launch of the Chinese state cryptocurrency in November "were inaccurate speculation." The NBK also said that private banks and large companies do not participate in the development of cryptocurrency, although earlier it was reported that seven companies, including Alibaba, Tencent and UnionPay, will have access to the state cryptocurrency.

NBK called on the public to trust onlyofficial statements of authorized persons. In addition, the institution once again noted that the cryptocurrency being developed by the bank will not look like bitcoin. The NBK calls the coin “legal digital currency”, which will be supported by the state. At the same time, the “digital yuan” will not replace the fiat currency, but will be used in parallel for retail payments.

Information that the People's Bank of China is ready forThe launch of its own cryptocurrency appeared in August. Then the deputy director of the payment and settlement solutions department of the Central Bank of China Mu Changchun at a meeting of China Finance 40 Group said that work on the prototype of the digital currency of the Central Bank has been completed.

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