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Cryptocurrency
Singapore’s crypto exchange crackdown seen benefiting Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Web3 industry sees benefits from the end of regulatory arbitrage by exchanges in Singapore serving overseas customers.
4 Jul 2025 - 1:00PM
Banking & finance
Economist Huang Yiping floats Hong Kong as stablecoin staging ground
3 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM
Banking & finance
Opinion
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How Hong Kong can win race to become world’s tokenisation hub
3 Jul 2025 - 9:30AM
Stablecoins
Mainland Chinese digital yuan partner to develop stablecoin tech in Hong Kong
Shenzhen-listed North King says Hong Kong will be a springboard into international fintech markets, with plans for stablecoin wallets.
3 Jul 2025 - 10:40AM
Banking & finance
Explainer
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The world is going all in on stablecoins. Is China’s digital yuan any different?
While the two appear similar, China’s digital currency is quite different from the cryptocurrencies many economies are rushing to regulate.
3 Jul 2025 - 10:03AM
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Hong Kong economy
Hong Kong striving to create favourable environment for stablecoins: Paul Chan
Financial secretary says authorities ‘aim to help resolve practical pain points for businesses and everyday citizens’.
29 Jun 2025 - 8:55PM
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Cryptocurrency
Hong Kong sharpens crypto hub focus amid rising global competition
Hong Kong is seeking an early lead in stablecoins and tokenisation as Trump pushes the US to become the ‘crypto capital of the planet’.
27 Jun 2025 - 8:00AM
Stablecoins
Hong Kong makes public stablecoin adoption a top priority in digital asset push
The government is calling for new proposals to test stablecoin applications and make tax concessions for digital asset holdings.
26 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM
Banking & finance
Opinion
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We’re sleeping on threats from AI, shadow banking and cryptocurrency
The financial industry’s use of emerging technologies could lead to cascading crises if regulators don’t act fast to enforce transparency.
26 Jun 2025 - 6:03AM
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Banking & finance
Are stablecoins the future? Don’t bank on it, warns the bank for central banks
Bank for International Settlements releases ‘advance chapter’ on stablecoins ahead of its Annual Economic Report that paints a future picture of a different financial system.
24 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM
Banking & finance
Beijing could use Hong Kong to test yuan-linked stablecoins: Morgan Stanley
Beijing’s digital currency ambitions are unlikely to unlock the full potential of the yuan’s internationalisation, analysts say.
23 Jun 2025 - 7:05PM
Yuan
China needs yuan-backed stablecoins ‘sooner rather than later’, Beijing urged
The US dollar’s dominance in global markets could be enhanced by stablecoins, and China has a golden chance to make the yuan a more global currency, analysts say.
23 Jun 2025 - 5:00PM
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin drops below US$100,000 after US strikes Iran nuclear sites
Bitcoin sank as much as 3.8 per cent and Ether as much as 10 per cent in the aftermath of the attacks.
23 Jun 2025 - 3:09PM
Blockchain
Hong Kong Web3 group issues blueprint for accelerating blockchain development
Web3 Harbour, in collaboration with PwC Hong Kong, will launch five action groups in August on stablecoins, funds and other critical segments.
23 Jun 2025 - 8:00AM
Hong Kong economy
Opinion
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As Hong Kong’s financial sector soars, what about food and retail?
Sound policies have helped boost internationally connected capital markets, but fresh ideas are still needed to uplift the local consumer economy.
22 Jun 2025 - 9:30AM
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Singapore
In Singapore’s last bastion of cash, money changers fight the future
From sailors to tourists, hundreds flock daily to The Arcade, proving that in a city obsessed with fintech, cold hard cash still holds sway.
21 Jun 2025 - 12:28PM
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Banking & finance
Editorial
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US dollar uncertainty propels use of e-CNY
As mainland’s international operations centre, Shanghai will increase global reach of yuan, promote China’s central bank digital currency.
19 Jun 2025 - 11:25PM
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Stablecoins
Why US-backed stablecoins have China wary of a potentially more dominant dollar
Former head of China’s central bank warns ‘USD-backed stablecoins could have worldwide influence’, and what about the yuan’s internationalisation?
19 Jun 2025 - 6:30PM
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Cryptocurrency
Letters
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How Asia can define the era of stablecoins
Readers discuss policy momentum for stablecoins, the Israel-Iran war, and pro-baby policies.
19 Jun 2025 - 11:30AM
Banking & finance
Hong Kong could serve as stablecoin test bed to raise yuan’s profile
Hong Kong’s stablecoins can serve as a testing ground for the mainland, providing both experience and lessons, HashKey Group CEO says.
18 Jun 2025 - 8:57PM
Banking & finance
Opinion
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Hong Kong developing a yuan-pegged stablecoin would be a game changer
In a world of dollar-pegged stablecoins, the case for yuan-based alternatives – and what it means for the future of money – is compelling.
18 Jun 2025 - 7:44AM
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Banking & finance
Opinion
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London and Hong Kong can lead way in UK-China finance cooperation
From green finance to fintech, both cities are at the forefront of progress in financial services, and there is much room to grow.
16 Jun 2025 - 8:06AM
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Hong Kong economy
New stablecoin law to enhance Hong Kong’s financial appeal to global issuers: Chan
Financial Secretary Paul Chan is confident that the ‘open model’ can help city become a cryptocurrency hub as licensing nears.
15 Jun 2025 - 7:35PM
Banking & finance
Macroscope
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How the obsession with risky assets is putting global finance in peril
From the speculative frenzy over digital assets to the assault on bond markets, the next financial crisis will be self-inflicted.
14 Jun 2025 - 4:30PM
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Commodities
Crypto can’t chip away at gold’s safe-haven shield: gold researcher
Spot gold price surged to US$3,444 after Israel’s strikes on Iran.
13 Jun 2025 - 2:26PM
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Ant Group
Ant International and Ant Digital to seek stablecoin licences in Hong Kong
The two Ant units’ move aligns with its global ambitions as other companies, including rival JD.com, line up to issue fiat-backed cryptocurrencies.
12 Jun 2025 - 6:29PM
Blockchain
With early stablecoin law, Hong Kong looks to keep edge as finance hub
Hong Kong is looking to ‘secure a leading role in global payment systems’, one analyst says, as law comes ahead of a similar US stablecoin bill.
12 Jun 2025 - 9:00AM
Malaysia
US$900 million seized as China helps Malaysia dismantle Tedy Teow’s scam empire
MBI Group’s Malaysian founder has been called ‘Jho Lo 2’ because of the sheer scale of his operation.
11 Jun 2025 - 5:49PM
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