China's financial market regulators are seeking opinions about how to better regulate trading of bitcoin, the virtual currency. These steps may include setting up a depository platform, said sources with close knowledge of the matter.

金融市场监管部门就如何更好地规范虚拟货币比特币的交易征询意见，内部消息称，或将建立托管平台。

Authorities visited executives of a number of bitcoin trading platforms last week, and have inquired how the platform works when value of the virtual currency plunges and surges, a person at a Shanghai-based digital trading platform told China Daily.

上海一位数字交易平台人士对《中国日报》表示，监管部门上周约见了几个比特币交易平台的负责人，讨论了比特币行情波动时托管平台的运行方式。