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China and SWIFT Partner to Take Digital Currency Global

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China’s central bank has partnered with SWIFT, the European-based global system for financial messaging and cross-border payments, to set up a joint venture — a move that observers say shows China’s ambitions to take the digital version of its currency, the yuan, global.Some analysts VOA spoke to add that the development may further trigger a “hot” war between the official digital currency, often called the renminbi, and the U.S. dollar, although many agree that China’s currency still has a long way to go before it would rival its U.S. counterpart.VOAChina and SWIFT Partner to Take Digital Currency Global

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 China’s central bank has partnered with SWIFT, the European-based global system for financial messaging and cross-border payments, to set up a joint venture — a move that observers say shows China’s ambitions to take the digital version of its currency, the yuan, global.

Some analysts VOA spoke to add that the development may further trigger a “hot” war between the official digital currency, often called the renminbi, and the U.S. dollar, although many agree that China’s currency still has a long way to go before it would rival its U.S. counterpart.


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China and SWIFT Partner to Take Digital Currency Global

Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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