Employees check fans on mining machines at the Bitfarms cryptocurrency farming facility in Farnham, Quebec, Canada. Photo: Bloomberg
Facebook’s Libra forcing China to step up plans for its own cryptocurrency, says central bank official
- Wang Xin, director of the People’s Bank of China research bureau, warns the new digital currency could have major impact on monetary policy and financial stability
- PBOC was the first major central bank to study digital currencies in 2014, a step to counter the challenge from cryptocurrencies including bitcoin
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Employees check fans on mining machines at the Bitfarms cryptocurrency farming facility in Farnham, Quebec, Canada. Photo: Bloomberg