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#Gate广场四月发帖挑战
Hong Kong’s first batch of stablecoin licenses will be announced this afternoon!
Latest news: the Hong Kong stablecoin licenses that were delayed to the end of March are finally going to be released! According to The Daily Economic News, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will announce the first batch of stablecoin licenses at 17:00 on April 10, and then the licensed stablecoin issuers will meet the media. Hong Kong has nevertheless ended up being the first region in the world to issue stablecoin licenses. It is understood that the process is currently in the stage of preparing for official public disclosure. The HKMA has received a total of 36 applications. The plan is to issue 2 to 3 licenses in the first batch, with strict regulatory standards. The winners will not only take the lead in stablecoin business in Hong Kong, but are also certain to receive a positive response from the secondary stock trading market. The companies and organizations currently applying for the licenses are:
1. Traditional banks and note-issuing banks
HSBC (HSBC)
Standard Chartered
Bank of China (Hong Kong) (Bank of China (Hong Kong))
These institutions have mature reserve management and compliance systems, and are seen as strong contenders for the first batch of licenses.
2. Technology and fintech companies
Ant Group (through Ant Digital Hong Kong)
JD.com (through JD Coin Chain Technology (Hong Kong))
Baidu (Duxiaoman Hong Kong)
ByteDance (Byte Financial Technology)
Tencent Fintech (Hong Kong)
3. Payment and financial service institutions
Lakala Hong Kong
Lianlian Digital (Lianlian International)
YeePay Hong Kong
Allied Payment Hong Kong (Worldpay Hong Kong)
Many of these institutions have already obtained Money Service Operator (MSO) licenses and have advantages in cross-border payment scenarios.
3. Virtual asset and blockchain-native platforms
O*SL Group (licensed virtual asset trading platform)
Hash*Key Group
BC Technology Group
Yuanbi Innovation Technology (founded by former HKMA Chief Executive Chen Deli)
4. Consortium projects
Standard Chartered + Animoca Brands + Hong Kong Telecom jointly apply, forming a complementary ecosystem of “bank + Web3 + telecom”