Team Behind Offshore Yuan, Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoins Detained by Chinese Police: Report

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The squad down CNHC, a stablecoin pegged to the worth of the offshore yuan, and HKDC, 1 tied to the Hong Kong dollar, has been detained by Shanghai police, PANews reported connected Wednesday.

The Trust Reserve squad was taken connected May 29, the Chinese-language quality outlet reported. PANews besides said it recovered a judicial seizure announcement with the aforesaid day connected the doorway of the company's office.

Earlier this twelvemonth KuCoin closed a $10 cardinal backing circular into CNHC. The offshore yuan is known by its abbreviation, CNH.

China has banned crypto trading, mining and slope transactions and is successful the process of processing its ain cardinal slope integer currency (CBDC). Hong Kong has been much unfastened the manufacture and successful February published projected rules for crypto trading platforms.

CoinDesk has reached retired to the CNHC squad and Shanghai and Hong Kong constabulary for a comment.

Edited by Sheldon Reback.

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