Monthly Archives: June 2020
China’s digital currency project: What is DC/EP all about?
This article is joint work with Jonas Gross and was originally published on Medium. Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are becoming reality. On 16 April 2020, the Chinese central bank has started the test phase of its CBDC, called Digital Currency / Electronic Payment (DC/EP). It is currently tested in four Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Suzhou,…