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Hong Kong has taken a significant step towards integrating tokenization into the traditional finance sector by launching a sandbox for Project Ensemble, a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative.
<h2 id="hong-kong-launches-cbdc-sandbox-to-explore-tokenization-in-banking">Hong Kong Launches CBDC Sandbox to Explore Tokenization in Banking</h2>
Announced by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on Wednesday, the Sandbox aims to test the application of tokenization across various financial services.
Unlike individual CBDCs designed for the public’s daily transactions, wholesale CBDCs are designed primarily for use by financial institutions.
These digital currencies facilitate interbank reconciliations and large-value payments, making them crucial to financial infrastructure.
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The HKMA's Sandbox will initially focus on four key areas: fixed income and investment funds, liquidity management, green and sustainable finance, and trade-supply chain finance.
Major participants in the Sandbox include leading financial institutions such as Bank of China, HSBC, Hang Seng Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. Technology firms such as Ant Digital and Microsoft, as well as asset managers such as BlackRock, CSOP Asset Management, Franklin Templeton and China Asset Management will also take part in the initiative.
As part of the Sandbox, Ant Digital Technologies, the blockchain division of Ant Group, aims to increase financing efficiency.
Notably, energy company Longshine Technology has digitized more than 9,000 charging piles as “real world assets” (RWA) through Ant Digital and successfully secured the first cross-border financing for RWAs in Hong Kong.
*This is not investment advice.
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Hong Kong, Aiming to Become a Cryptocurrency Center, Launches a Digital Currency (CBDC) Project for Institutional Investors!

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