Digital Yuan Enters Oil Market as PetroChina Finalizes First International Crude Trade in CBDC
PetroChina inked a major deal on October 18, becoming the first company to complete an international crude oil trade using China's central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Digital Yuan. The transaction was reported by C...
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