Cryptocurrencies

Chinese Official Touts Blockchain After Xi Praises Technology

  • Forex official speaks on digital finance at Shanghai event
  • Comments follow president’s call at top-level session
Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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A senior Chinese foreign-exchange regulatory official called for “special attention” to be paid to blockchain as the nation looks to gain advantages from digital finance.