China’s digital yuan transactions amounted to 83 billion yuan (about $12.33 billion) by the end of last month as the country forges ahead with plans for the adoption of a digital currency. The total number of transactions amounted to 264 million, said Zou Lan from the People’s Bank of China (PBoC). More than 4.5 million commercial outlets signed up for the service China rolled out its centrally-backed digital currency (CBDC) to the public during the 2022 Winter Games as a way of expanding the digital yuan pilot. The first stage of the pilot was successfully executed during the Beijing Winter...