{"id":18800,"date":"2026-04-10T09:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/breaking\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:26:40","slug":"breaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/breaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking |"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/10\/31ee35b3-0e3f-41a3-85ea-008e848954ba_0f21245c.jpg?itok=LeLyclOc&amp;v=1775810830\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">HSBC and a consortium led by Standard Chartered have been awarded Hong Kong&rsquo;s first stablecoin issuer licences, marking the city&rsquo;s latest step towards embracing cryptocurrency&rsquo;s most-traded cash substitute in its bid to become a global digital asset hub.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;The two applicants have experience in traditional financial and risk management, which fits the mission of stablecoins that aim to bridge traditional finance and digital finance,&rdquo; said Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) deputy chief executive Darryl Chan.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"10.649517684887\">Eight months after <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Hong Kong&rsquo;s Stablecoin Ordinance,<\/span> one of the world&rsquo;s first such laws, took effect, the two issuers were given the green light to conduct business, the HKMA announced on Friday. The authority had revealed that it would only grant a small number of licences after assessing 36 applications.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1umbx1w e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Both licensees will issue stablecoins that will be pegged to the Hong Kong dollar, and can conduct cross border payments later.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to the licensees&rsquo; business plans, they intend to complete the necessary preparation work and launch business in the coming few months.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1xd1hm8 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The announcement came later than initially expected, with industry players attributing that to a slower-than-expected review process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Breaking |<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HSBC and a consortium led by Standard Chartered have been awarded Hong Kong&rsquo;s first stablecoin issuer licences, marking the city&rsquo;s latest step towards embracing cryptocurrency&rsquo;s most-traded cash substitute in its bid to become a global digital asset hub. &ldquo;The two applicants have experience in traditional financial and risk management, which fits the mission of stablecoins&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/breaking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Breaking |&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}