Ant unit plans to apply for stablecoin issuer license in Hong Kong
Ant Group
, an affiliate of China's e-commerce giant
Alibaba
, plans to apply for a license to issue stablecoins in
Hong Kong
through its overseas arm
Ant International
, the subsidiary said in a statement on Thursday.
Last month, Hong Kong's legislature passed a
stablecoin
bill that establishes a licensing regime for fiat-referenced stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong.
Stablecoins, a type of
cryptocurrency
designed to maintain a constant value, usually pegged to a fiat currency such as the U.S. dollar, are commonly used by crypto traders to move funds between tokens.
"We plan to apply for the fiat-referenced stablecoins (FRS) issuer's license once the process is open after the
Stablecoins Ordinance
takes effect on August 1," Ant International said in a statement.
The move was first reported by Bloomberg News, which also said Ant would seek to apply for a stablecoin licenses in Singapore and Luxembourg as well.
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Ant was founded by billionaire
Jack Ma
and is 33% controlled by Alibaba. It operates China's ubiquitous mobile payments app
Alipay
.
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