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Banking & finance

Opinion | To harness crypto ingenuity, financial threat must first be neutralised

Future of money must be shaped by competition between private ingenuity and public purpose, not by rent seeking and speculative bubbles.

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Banking & finance

Exclusive | Old lender, new twist: Shanghai Commercial Bank teams up with HashKey on card

Chinese culture

Video | How a Shanghai start-up is digitalising Chinese tea

IPO

HashKey shares debut flat in Hong Kong amid bitcoin bear market

The firm, one of 11 licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong, raised US$206 million in the city’s first crypto-native IPO.

HashKey executives and other exchange and government officials at the gong-striking ceremony to mark the company’s trading debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday. Photo: Karma Lo
UAE

Coins in sand: how the UAE draws in the global crypto community

At Abu Dhabi Finance Week, insiders give credit to the UAE’s regulatory infrastructure and institutional adoption of digital assets.

Banking & finance

Swift tests blockchain with Ant International and HSBC in cross-border trial

By using the ISO 20022 messaging standard, the partners say they can make tokenised deposits interoperable with legacy systems.

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Hong Kong

Crypto exchange Gate weighs Hong Kong licence return amid high compliance costs

Hong Kong’s policies pose some difficulties and covering the cost of operating locally is difficult, founder and CEO Lin Han says.

Lin Han, founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Gate. Photo: Handout
Art

Singaporean buyer of US$69 million Beeple NFT opens art and technology space

Vignesh Sundaresan explains the aim behind Padimai Art & Tech Studio, which opens with a virtual reality work by artist Olafur Eliasson.

China economy

Chinese industry bodies issue RWA tokenisation warning amid Beijing’s crackdown

This was the mainland associations’ first warning to members as Chinese authorities have explicitly targeted RWA tokenisation.

Binance

Crypto giant Binance appoints co-founder He Yi as co-CEO

He, who has children together with founder Zhao Changpeng, will share the title with Richard Teng.

Binance co-founder and co-CEO He Yi speaks at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival in April. Photo: Matt Haldane
IPO

Hong Kong crypto exchange HashKey wins listing nod in test of investor appetite

HashKey could raise around US$300 million this month amid Hong Kong’s push to develop its digital asset sector.

HashKey is one of 11 licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Fintech

Hong Kong reaps the fruits of fintech seeds sown nearly 10 years ago

Hong Kong’s rise as a fintech hub is due to the concerted regulatory push, with the city competing with Singapore for regional leadership.

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Wealth: Alternative Investments

Will tokenisation revolutionise Hong Kong’s financial landscape?

Tokenisation offers fractional ownership and faster trades, but regulatory clarity and market adoption remain challenges.

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Fintech

Hong Kong and Malaysian firms launch tokenised AI infrastructure fund

‘World’s first’ global-grade AI infrastructure tokenised fund gives investors access to growing demand from Asean: Tykhe and Skyvast.

The launch comes after Hong Kong unveiled a five-year fintech strategy earlier this month, pledging to advance AI and tokenisation initiatives. Photo: Shutterstock
Fintech

Hong Kong’s tokenisation drive set to boost treasury centres, investments

Tokenisation could increase the efficiency of corporate treasury centres, which help clients manage global finances, market players say.

Hong Kong is set to attract more companies to set up treasury centres in the city, as it pushes to establish a tokenised financial system. Photo: May Tse
Japan

Opinion | As Japan takes aim at crypto, first mover Hong Kong must look out

The Takaichi government’s pro-digital assets policies place Tokyo as a direct and serious competitor to Hong Kong.

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Cryptocurrency

Chinese crypto founders shelve US$500 million ether digital asset treasury plan

Proponents call off the project amid the worsening cryptocurrency market conditions.

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India

India’s debt-backed stablecoin challenge to US dollar dominance explained

Advocates argue the ARC token will lower India’s borrowing costs, strengthen the rupee and stem outflows to dollar-backed cryptocurrencies.

US dollar banknotes. Analysts say India’s stablecoin move “asserts the trend towards de-dollarisation”. Photo: dpa
Fintech

Ant International, UBS partner on blockchain-based cross-border payments

The strategic partnership aligns with financial institutions’ increased adoption of blockchain technology for cross-border payment solutions.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin erases year’s gain as crypto bear market deepens

‘The general market is risk-off,’ one analyst says.

Banking & finance

Hong Kong moves from theory to practice with real-value tokenised money, asset deals

Live transfers of tokenised deposits signal Hong Kong’s shift from proof of concept to production-grade digital-asset settlement.

The HKMA has begun facilitating real-value transactions involving tokenised deposits and digital assets. Photo: May Tse
Bonds

Hong Kong extends digital bond ambitions with third offering

Government looking to sell digital green bonds denominated in US dollars, Hong Kong dollars, euros and offshore yuan, sources say.

If successfully priced, the sale would be Hong Kong’s third since 2023. Photo: Sam Tsang
Banking & finance

Hong Kong central to Standard Chartered’s digital finance strategy: CEO

Fintech-friendly regulations have convinced the bank to anchor its digital-asset ventures in the city, Bill Winters says.

Banking & finance

Franklin Templeton introduces tokenised money market fund in Hong Kong

The launch marks the first project under the HKMA’s Fintech 2030 strategy, aimed at introducing tokenisation products in the city.

Fintech

Hong Kong unveils fintech strategy to future-proof the city in AI, tokenisation

More than 40 initiatives will be implemented as part of Fintech 2030 to embed AI in finance and build a tokenisation ecosystem.

HKMA chief executive Eddie Yue speaks at the Hong Kong Fintech Week conference on Monday. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Cryptocurrency

Ant touts ‘tokenised money’ for settlement but remains mum on stablecoin plans

Ant has used tokenised bank deposits to achieve cross-bank real-time settlement this year through Hong Kong’s Project Ensemble.

The entrance to last year’s Hong Kong Fintech Week. Photo: SCMP
Ant Group

Ant Digital warns of fake tokens as crypto scams persist in Hong Kong

The Ant Group affiliate says it has not issued any token on any blockchain.

Cryptocurrency

Solana event cut short as China’s stablecoin warning sparks unease

While organisers attribute the disruption to overcapacity, some industry players fear a renewed crackdown on cryptocurrencies.

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