TrendForce Consulting: The Industrial Meta Universe estimates that the global smart manufacturing industry will reach $ 540 billion by 2025.

On November 29, Eswar Prasad, an expert at Cornell University and former director of the International Monetary Fund in China, said a combination of cryptocurrencies, CBDCs, stablecoins and other digital payment options would end to the cash payment system. The era of cash is over and the era of central bank cash has begun. For many consumers and businesses who have made the switch to digital payments, there is no turning back. However, it is believed that no single technology can change cash management, and these changes will depend on the combination of multiple technologies. (Currency of the Central Bank)