E-Commerce Heavyweight JD.com and Ant Group, Alibaba’s Fintech arm, lobbying the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to greenlight-based Chinese Yuan-based stablecoins to counter the global increase in US dollar tokens.
Two companies urged regulators to allow Stablecoins already -backing Offshore Yuan (Chinese Yuan spreading outside Mainland China) to launch in Hong Kong, focusing that it will strengthen Yuan’s role in global trade while limiting the influence of dollars, Reuters reported Thursday, the resources that are familiar to this matter are mentioned.
Each report, at recent private meetings with the PBOC, jd.com executives argued that the Yuan Stablecoins were immediately required to advance the international use of money.
JD.com and Ant have been reported to be preparing to apply for Stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong and Singapore. JD.com is said to be suggested by the Yuan Stablecoin release in Hong Kong before expanding the pilots in China’s free trade zones, with early comments from regulators described as positive.
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Yuan’s poor payment is at risk of dollar dominance
In May, part of the Yuan of global payment slipped to 2.89%, the lowest for almost two years. The dollar holds a commanding shares of 48%, reported by Reuters, noting data from the Swift payment platform.
Industry veteran Wang Yongli, a former deputy head of the Bank of China, warned last month that if Yuan’s cross-border payments remain less good than the dollar stablecoins, it brings a strategic risk for China, each report.
The discussions came as a career of Hong Kong to establish policies for stablecoins. Last week, the region announced the new digital plan of possession.
As part of the new framework, the government will implement a licensing regime for Stablecoin Issuing starters beginning August 1, which will “facilitate the development of real-world use cases.”
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Jd.com to apply for stablecoin licenses
In June, JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong E-Commerce Giant plans said “To apply for our Stablecoin license to all the major countries of Sovereign Money in the world.”
The statement came after PBOC governor Pan Gongsheng announced Plan to establish an international operation of digital yuan Center in Shanghai to internationalize digital yuan and reduce global reliance on the US dollar.
At this time, Gongsheng said China was thinking of a “multipolar” currency system where a lot of money supports the global economy. This vision is in contrast to the current system, where some currencies, such as the US dollar and the Euro, play large roles in the global financial system.
The Stablecoin Market Cap is currently sitting for more than $ 258 billion, according to data from CoinMarketCap. All the top 10 stablecoins through the market cap are denominated dollars. EURC (EURC), PEG in the Euro, is the largest non-dollar Stablecoin, which ranks 11th in terms of market cap.
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