The HKMA says future licenses will be “very limited” and depend on how the market handles the first launches. Hong Kong issued its first two stablecoin licenses to HSBC (LON: [...]

The HKMA has alerted the public to fraudulent tokens falsely claiming association with licensed stablecoin issuers Anchorpoint and HSBC The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has warned the public about fake stablecoins [...]

The convergence of traditional and decentralized finance is creating a unified "institutional-grade" ecosystem by building trust through a framework that combines the security of legacy systems with the efficiency of [...]

The tokenised unlisted class will be available on HashKey Exchange Hang Seng Investment Management Limited and HSBC have jointly launched the Hang Seng Gold ETF Tokenised Unlisted Class, a new tokenised class of [...]

The approvals by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the territory's central bank, mark the first batch under the Stablecoins Ordinance, which took effect in August 2025. What to know: Hong [...]

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has granted the first batch of stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC and Anchor Point Fintech (a company jointly established by Standard Chartered Bank (Hong [...]

Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK) has joined the first group of banks in Hong Kong to roll out cross-border payment services via the Faster Payment System (FPS) for offshore financial [...]

A triad-linked illegal online gambling promotion center has been raided by police, with six men arrested over HK$188 million in bets. The arrest came after an operation on Monday night [...]

Hong Kong’s highly anticipated first batch of stablecoin licences did not materialise as expected by the end of March. Industry players said the delay may be caused by a slower-than-expected review process, [...]

HKMA Chief Executive Eddie Yue has indicated that the central bank hopes to reach licensing decisions by March 2026. I’ve been refreshing the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s register of licensed [...]

Ten more people have been charged in connection with Hong Kong's largest alleged financial fraud in recent years involving cryptocurrency trading platform JPEX, police said on Thursday. Chief inspector Hon [...]

23rd February 2026 – (Hong Kong) A network engineer has been arrested on suspicion of stealing cryptocurrency worth approximately US$2.6 million (around HK$20.32 million) from clients of a financial technology [...]