China digital currency trial: Over $1 million handed out in lottery


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China hands out $1.5 million of its digital currency in one of the country's biggest public tests China hands out $1.5 million of its digital currency in one of the country's biggest public tests A Chinese clerk counts renminbi yuan banknotes at a bank in China on December 2015. Jie Zhao | Corbis News | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — China has started one of the biggest real-world trials for its digital currency as it pushes closer toward creating a cashless future. Last week, the government in Shenzhen carried out a lottery to give away a total of 10 million...