Hong Kong to Issue First Stablecoin Licenses in Q1 as Crypto Race Heats Up

Hong Kong will grant its first batch of stablecoin licenses in Q1 2026, Financial Secretary Paul Chan confirmed at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The announcement, reported by the South China Morning Post, signals Hong Kong’s next major step in building out its digital asset framework. The city’s stablecoin licensing regime, passed in 2025, … source: https://coinpedia.org/news/hong-kong-to-issue-first-stablecoin-licenses-in-q1-as-crypto-race-heats-up/