{"id":149436,"date":"2026-04-10T09:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149436"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:09:55","slug":"hong-kong-awards-stablecoin-licences-to-hsbc-stanchart-led-group-in-long-awaited-roll-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149436","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong awards stablecoin licences to HSBC, StanChart-led group in long-awaited roll-out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostHSBC and a consortium led by Standard Chartered have been awarded Hong Kong\u2019s first stablecoin issuer licences, marking the city\u2019s latest step towards embracing cryptocurrency\u2019s most-traded cash substitute in its bid to become a global digital asset hub.<br \/>\nEight months after Hong Kong\u2019s Stablecoin Ordinance, one of the world\u2019s first such laws, took effect, two issuers were given the green light to conduct business, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced on Friday. The authority had&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/cryptocurrency\/article\/3349644\/hong-kong-awards-stablecoin-licences-hsbc-stanchart-led-group-long-awaited-roll-out?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 PostHSBC and a consortium led by Standard Chartered have been awarded Hong Kong\u2019s first stablecoin issuer licences, marking the city\u2019s latest step towards embracing&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\/149436"}],"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=149436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}