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The People's Bank of China, China's central bank, has completed trial runs on the algorithms needed for digital currency supply, taking it a step closer to addressing the technological challenges associated with digital currencies, according to a top official associated with the project. Yao Qian, director-general of the Institute of Digital Money at the PBOC, said China's central bank has successfully designed a prototype that can regulate the supply of its future digital fiat currency....

Perhaps another way of putting this is that SDR inclusion is a commitment device. In addition to the practical concerns raised by Zhou, there would also be reputational costs to reversing exchange-rate and capital-account reforms. Since SDR inclusion is contingent on the IMF’s determination that the renminbi is “freely usable,” it could conceivably be reversed if the currency were to stop being freely usable. What future Chinese central bank governor will want to see headlines screaming...

Much more than the title suggests. Government is assserting its currrency sovereignty. Zero Hedge PBOC Researcher: China Should Start Its Own Sovereign Digital Currency "As Soon As Possible" Tyler Durden

Looks like the central bank (PBOC) is asserting its control of currency. As Yves Smith says, "prosecution futures."Ars TechnicaIt looks like China is shutting down its blockchain economy Timothy B. Lee