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The Chinese government explicitly states the new e-RMB will help them prevent money laundering, tax evasion, and "terrorism financing." The better question is,
by TheBlight 5y ago
The Chinese government explicitly states the new e-RMB will help them prevent money laundering, tax evasion, and "terrorism financing." The better question is, why is the current system insufficient for addressing these problems?
- bobthepanda 5y agoHm. I meant to reply to the parent, not you, so that's my bad; but I probably fat-fingered it. If they are in control of digital currency then they have a ledger of transactions, maybe? and if you have a 1:1 record of every single ledger then it's a bit harder to obfuscate? Banks & businesses keep ledgers like these, but you have to 1. get your hands on it and 2. in case of multiple sets of books, you need to find the correct one. And then you have to connect all the dots. Chinese capital and lending controls are very strict but this hasn't stopped Chinese and others to try and move money out of China. China has had repeated issues with things happening beyond regulators' reach until they become too big to hide and then have to be unwound, like excessive use of shadow banks for lending.