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Today in crypto: China’s central bank will let banks pay interest on digital yuan wallets from Jan. 1, 2026, most crypto treasury companies could disappear in 2026, and Bitcoin needs 6.24% to finish 2025 in the green.
China’s central bank is rolling out a new framework for the digital yuan that will allow commercial banks to pay interest on e-CNY wallet balances starting Jan. 1, 2026, a move officials say will push the central bank digital currency (CBDC) beyond its original role as a cash substitute.
The new CBDC framework will allow banks to treat the digital yuan as part of their asset-liability operations, Lu Lei, a deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, wrote in a PBOC-affiliated China Financial Times article published on Monday.
