-- 香港は、HSBC（香港証券取引所：0005）とスタンダードチャータード銀行（香港証券取引所：2888）が主導する合弁会社アンカーポイント・フィナンシャルに対し、初のステーブルコイン発行ライセンスを付与したと、金曜日に発表した。 香港金融管理局（HKMA）によると、両社は今後数ヶ月以内に事業開始に必要な準備を完了する予定だ。 HKMAのエディ・ユー総裁は声明の中で、「両社による規制対象のステーブルコインの普及促進が、金融・経済活動における課題解決、個人と企業双方への価値創造、そして香港におけるデジタル資産の健全な発展に貢献することを期待する」と述べた。
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Nippon Life India Asset Management's Profit Climbs in Fiscal Q4
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