{"id":80236,"date":"2026-04-10T16:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=80236"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:01:34","slug":"hong-kong-greenlights-stablecoins-hsbc-stanchart-jv-win-first-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=80236","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Greenlights Stablecoins: HSBC, StanChart JV Win First Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>HSBC Holdings plc <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/HSBC\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/HSBC\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"HSBC\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/HSBC\">HSBC<\/a>) shares edged higher Friday after Hong Kong regulators approved new stablecoin issuer licenses, signaling <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">progress in digital asset oversight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Hong Kong Monetary Authority<\/strong> (HKMA) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hkma.gov.hk\/eng\/news-and-media\/press-releases\/2026\/04\/20260410-4\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">granted<\/a> licenses to Anchorpoint Financial Limited \u2014 a joint venture by <strong>Standard Chartered PLC<\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SCBFF\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SCBFF\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"SCBFF\" data-exchange=\"OTC\" rel=\"noopener\">(OTC:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SCBFF\">SCBFF<\/a>) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SCBFY\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SCBFY\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"SCBFY\" data-exchange=\"OTC\" rel=\"noopener\">(OTC:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SCBFY\">SCBFY<\/a>) \u2014 and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited under a new regulatory framework.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Regulatory Breakthrough In Digital Assets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The approvals mark a step in Hong Kong\u2019s push to formalize stablecoin operations. Authorities aim to balance innovation with safeguards for users and markets.<\/p>\n<p>The licenses &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/trading-ideas\/movers\/26\/04\/51757477\/hong-kong-greenlights-stablecoins-hsbc-stanchart-jv-win-first-licenses?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Hong\" kong greenlights stablecoins: hsbc stanchart jv win first licenses>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HSBC) shares edged higher Friday after Hong Kong regulators approved new stablecoin issuer licenses, signaling progress in digital asset oversight. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) granted licenses to Anchorpoint Financial Limited \u2014 a joint venture by Standard Chartered PLC\u00a0(OTC:SCBFF) (OTC:SCBFY) \u2014 and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited under a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-80236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}