{"id":148937,"date":"2026-04-01T00:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148937"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:30:08","slug":"hong-kongs-anticipated-stablecoin-licence-by-end-march-does-not-materialise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148937","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s anticipated stablecoin licence by end-March does not materialise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostHong Kong\u2019s highly anticipated first batch of stablecoin licences did not materialise as expected by the end of March.<br \/>\nIndustry players said the delay may be caused by a slower-than-expected review process, adding that it could also be due to the regulators\u2019 cautious stance towards launching the first batch of regulated stablecoin licences as the city seeks to cement its status as a digital-asset hub.<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t think [the delay] is caused by the market,\u201d said Jack Poon, a member of the task force&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/banking-finance\/article\/3348492\/hong-kongs-anticipated-stablecoin-licence-end-march-does-not-materialise?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostHong Kong\u2019s highly anticipated first batch of stablecoin licences did not materialise as expected by the end of March. Industry players said the delay&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148937"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}