digital currency 数字货币
分类: 实用英语
China's central bank wants to launch its own digital currencies to cut the costs of circulating traditional paper money and boost policymakers' control of money supply, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said on Wednesday.
中国人民银行20日表示,央行将发行数字货币以降低传统纸币的流通成本,提升央行对货币供给的控制力。
“数字货币”(digital currency/money)是电子货币形式的替代货币。它不同于虚拟世界中的虚拟货币(virtual money),因为它能被用于真实的商品和服务交易,而不局限在网络游戏中。