{"id":13229,"date":"2024-03-07T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T03:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/group.hashkeydev.com\/?p=13229"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:39:53","slug":"hashkey-group-announces-participation-in-hkmas-new-wcbdc-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/group.hashkey.com\/zh\/hashkey-group-announces-participation-in-hkmas-new-wcbdc-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"HashKey Group Announces Participation in HKMA&#8217;s New wCBDC Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13229\" class=\"elementor elementor-13229\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-708bd885 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"708bd885\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1a823f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d1a823f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/group-oss.hashkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20240307-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13230\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/group-oss.hashkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20240307-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/group-oss.hashkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20240307-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/group-oss.hashkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20240307-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/group-oss.hashkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20240307-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/group-oss.hashkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20240307.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53d89d88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53d89d88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-breakout=\"normal\"><p id=\"viewer-2bvbs4887\" class=\"quFrX lqD6C s0dZt t5MrV\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_0nrb0\"><strong>Hong Kong, Mar. 7, 2024 &#8211; HashKey Group (&#8220;HashKey&#8221; or &#8220;the Group&#8221;), a leading end-to-end digital asset financial services group in Asia<\/strong>, is pleased to announce its participation in Hong Kong Monetary Authority&#8217;s (&#8220;HKMA&#8221;) new wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC) Project &#8220;Ensemble&#8221;. As a trusted partner and pioneer in the Hong Kong virtual asset industry, HashKey will actively explore innovations for an interoperable technical framework and design solutions for tokenised asset issuance and management to help lay the groundwork for a robust and secure wCBDC network.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-breakout=\"normal\"><p id=\"viewer-5azso5380\" class=\"quFrX lqD6C s0dZt t5MrV\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_0nrb0\"><strong>The HKMA-led wCBDC project aims<\/strong> to support the development of tokenised deposits and assets in Hong Kong to establish next-generation financial markets infrastructure.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-breakout=\"normal\"><p id=\"viewer-oxwgj3385\" class=\"quFrX lqD6C s0dZt t5MrV\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_0nrb0\">&#8220;Wholesale CBDCs offer financial institutions access to a digital form of central bank money, making central bank money programmable to support automation and mitigate risks,&#8221; <strong>explained Dayong Zhang, CCO of HashKey Group.<\/strong> &#8220;This fundamentally improves the efficiency and speed of interbank and cross-border settlements, reducing settlement times and complexity, and enhancing the interaction between fiat currencies and digital assets.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"quFrX lqD6C s0dZt t5MrV\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;The project has tremendous potential to drive efficiencies and financial inclusion, which aligns perfectly with HashKey&#8217;s mission of making digital assets massively accessible,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-breakout=\"normal\"><p id=\"viewer-6lvk14937\" class=\"quFrX lqD6C s0dZt t5MrV\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_0nrb0\"><strong>\u96c6\u5718<\/strong> has been at the forefront of financial innovation in Hong Kong. With its experience advising on and facilitating the tokenisation of various assets and its expertise in virtual asset trading, HashKey is well-prepared to contribute to the compliant and scalable implementation of this project in a way that can revolutionise global financial markets.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12fb3411 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"12fb3411\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dec111e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4dec111e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u95dc\u65bc HashKey \u96c6\u5718<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be9a517 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3be9a517\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-breakout=\"normal\"><p id=\"viewer-sjk784943\" class=\"quFrX lqD6C s0dZt t5MrV\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_0nrb0\">Established in 2018, HashKey Group is Asia&#8217;s leading end-to-end digital asset financial services group that upholds the principle of &#8220;compliance first&#8221;. Headquartered in Hong Kong and with operations in Singapore and Tokyo. The Group has a wide range of businesses that provide retail investors, large institutions, family offices, funds, and professional and accredited investors with innovative investment opportunities and end-to-end solutions in the fields of digital assets and the Web3 ecosystem.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div data-breakout=\"normal\"><p id=\"viewer-g24gu4945\" class=\"quFrX lqD6C s0dZt t5MrV\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_0nrb0\">Our core businesses include <a class=\"Q9Ehn I6LU7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hashkey.com\/zh-CN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"web-link\">HashKey Exchange<\/a>, the first batch of licensed virtual asset exchanges to offer retail services in Hong Kong; <a class=\"Q9Ehn I6LU7\" href=\"https:\/\/hashkey.capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"web-link\">HashKey Capital<\/a>, a global asset manager investing exclusively in blockchain technology and digital assets; <a class=\"Q9Ehn I6LU7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hashkey.cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"web-link\">HashKey Cloud<\/a>, a world-leading blockchain node validation service provider; <a class=\"Q9Ehn I6LU7\" href=\"https:\/\/group.hashkey.com\/en\/tokenisation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"web-link\">HashKey Tokenisation<\/a>, a tokenisation services provider; and <a class=\"Q9Ehn I6LU7\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HashKeyNFT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"web-link\">HashKey NFT<\/a>, a Web3 incubation and community operation service provider, among others. 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