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The numbers come following the Suzhou municipal government giving away roughly $3 million in a digital yuan lottery for residents. People in China have conducted roughly 20,000 transactions through e-commerce company JD.com in a trial of the country’s digital yuan. According to local media outlet Global Times, JD.com reported that 80% of participants born in the 1980s and 1990s used the platform to conduct transactions in the digital currency starting on Friday evening, with at least one transaction larger than $1,527. The e-commerce site also reported the numbers as the city of Suzhou conducted a real-world trial for digital yuan...
