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China Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy
Wall Street Journal ^ | 4/5/21 | By James T. Areddy

Posted on 04/06/2021 5:09:21 AM PDT by EBH

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To: Migraine

“China is about to find out how few people in the world trust them.”

Excuse me. They already DO trust China! Ask Apple or Wal-Mart for starters. Been trusting them for quite a few years.


21 posted on 04/06/2021 6:54:40 AM PDT by icclearly
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To: EBH
China would need to do once converted to all digital cash is to demand all business in China be done on the Yuan. Boom!

I sell globally, and work for a European based chemical company. I can tell you: If China says they must used Yuan, they will DO IT.... gladly. They're hellbent on growing in China, no matter the cost. And, they're sour on investing in the US.

22 posted on 04/06/2021 6:56:18 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: MAAG

“If you listen closely you can almost hear the footsteps of the Messiah.”

I’m pretty sure you don’t even need to listen closely.


23 posted on 04/06/2021 6:56:34 AM PDT by icclearly
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To: EBH

You bad person all your cryptocurrencies be ours.


24 posted on 04/06/2021 7:22:04 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: EBH

Oh my! The move to dethrone American economic dominance is well under way.

Physical gold/silver? Would this help protect oneself? Kinda spooky if the American government created it’s own version of crypto currency.

Tracking every transaction...even lemonade stands and garage sales. lol


25 posted on 04/06/2021 7:45:06 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: EBH

Rd link later.


27 posted on 04/06/2021 7:52:13 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: EBH

>>Track you, your spending habits, and ultimately will be connected with your vaccine passport.<<

Well here’s a creepy addition to that. Bio-metric drivers licenses that meet the “Real ID” requirements with digital photo of your face that is entered into facial recognition software in a national database as well as your thumb print.

ALPRs - Automatic License Plate Readers. States are deploying ALPRs to enable law enforcement to track/identify motorist.

The new highly reflective license plates with water marks for vision dissemination of the plate numbers real time-real fast.

Everything is tied to your DL and your auto license plates. Wants and warrants, insurance, inspection data, concealed firearms licenses.

When a officer pulls you over...entering your license plate number will pull up a wealth of data on you at his finger tips. Your photo, whether you have a firearm license, current insurance, where you live and so forth.

Furthermore, implementing ALPRs along roadways, on overpasses allow law enforcement/government to track when you come and when you leave...dates and times.

Don’t believe it? Cities already using ALPRs on roadways entering their city to “aid in law enforcement” they say.

We’re rapidly becoming a surveillance state.

https://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2008/11/11/wichita-falls-tx-police-announce-use-of-licence-plate-scanners/

https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/automatic-license-plate-readers-hoa-police-openalpr.html


28 posted on 04/06/2021 7:58:17 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: glorgau
Why in the world would anybody with a choice do a transaction with that?

Soon, you won’t have a choice. Cash/Bills will be eliminated.

29 posted on 04/06/2021 7:58:44 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: EBH

Americans need to use cash as much as possible to keep their own spending habits private. Credit cards are a form of track able digital currency controlled by banks and by request track able by governments


30 posted on 04/06/2021 8:06:13 AM PDT by apoliticalone (SOCIAL JUSTICE is as much about justice as PATRIOT ACT is about patriotism. It''s called political )
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To: EBH

Look for the US to do the same, bankers dislike decentralized currency. Printing non-commodity backed currency used to require at least paper and ink, now it’s just keystrokes.


31 posted on 04/06/2021 8:22:25 AM PDT by Amish with an attitude
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To: servantboy777

Already happening


32 posted on 04/06/2021 8:24:01 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: EBH

A centralized government sh*tcoin with no scarcity just like with regular fiat currency, and produced by a totalitarian regime no less. No matter how hard they push it people will always prefer other better currencies given any choice at all. So apart from some internal government-mandated use in China I expect this to be about as popular as Venezuela’s petro-linked cryptocurrency (and if you never heard of it, that tells you all you need to know).

All developed world currencies have been 90%+ “digital currencies” for years, BTW. Using cryptographic techniques and a blockchain doesn’t magically put it on par with decentralized, private, scarce cryptocurrencies. It’s just worthless government fiat with the same defects.


33 posted on 04/06/2021 8:29:52 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: EBH

Smart move on their part.


34 posted on 04/06/2021 8:36:08 AM PDT by Kevmo (The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: Migraine

Good point. But they got 2 billion Guinea Pigs that have no choice but to trust them.


35 posted on 04/06/2021 8:39:20 AM PDT by Kevmo (The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: servantboy777

The U.S. is playing catch-up. In late February 2021, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. will engage with the public on the digital dollar this year. Advocates contend central bank digital currencies can make cross-border transactions easier, promote financial inclusion and provide payment system stability.Mar 6, 2021
https://www.cnbc.com › why-ce...
Why central banks want to get into digital currencies - CNBC


36 posted on 04/06/2021 8:40:53 AM PDT by EBH (How they did it? Social Contagion and Social Media is the mechanism)
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To: EBH

All those sanctions the US has been imposing drove others away from the Dollar.

Utter stupidity which we will regret.


37 posted on 04/06/2021 8:42:58 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: EBH

The days of the dollar are limited folks. The sooner we face that fact the better off we will be. Neither party is capable of reining in spending and the world sees that the “reserve currency” is not in the hands of responsible people.

China correctly understands that “real power” is found in the banking system. They are going to push for a world currency.


38 posted on 04/06/2021 8:44:12 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

A black swan event is sumthin no one saw coming. Plenty of people saw this coming. So I suppose it’s more of a shiny gray swan event.


39 posted on 04/06/2021 8:50:43 AM PDT by Kevmo (The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: EBH
A cyber yuan stands to give Beijing power to track spending in real time, plus money that isn’t linked to the dollar-dominated global financial system ...

OMG! This is worse than 10,000 new ships...

40 posted on 04/06/2021 9:51:02 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Leftists want election fraud - Nick Searcy" -\ "Ignore ‘Low-IQ Race-Baiter’ AOC" - Tucker Carlson)
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