Alipay disavows Peer’s yuan-based USDC trading facility

Alipay has rejected claims that its payment network supports cryptocurrency trading after decentralised marketplace Peer introduced a service allowing customers to exchange Chinese yuan for the dollar-linked stablecoin USDC. The Chinese payments company said on 28 October that it neither supports virtual currency transactions nor authorises third-party platforms to offer cryptocurrency purchases…

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