Chinese authorities have arrested 77 individuals and shuttered gambling sites using the dollar-pegged tether (USDT) cryptocurrency.
A cross-boundary digital yuan could bring Hong Kong closer to China, Hui said.
The new version will essentially also clear the way for the digital yuan to be the one and only official yuan-pegged token in mainland China.
A recent giveaway of China's in-testing central bank digital currency has reportedly left recipients wondering why they should change from existing solutions like Alipay.
Some of the largest Filecoin miners stopped mining on Saturday, complaining the project’s mining incentive scheme has made it impossible for the miners to start operations.
