JD.com says it will launch a pilot program this month to test digital yuan, the cryptocurrency backed by China's central bank (Claire Che/Bloomberg)

Claire Che / Bloomberg:

JD.com says it will launch a pilot program this month to test digital yuan, the cryptocurrency backed by China’s central bank  —  JD.com Inc., China’s second-biggest online retailer, will become the country’s first virtual mall to use digital yuan, the cryptocurrency backed by the central bank.