By the end of the year the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is planning to make a wholesale CBDC available for interbank settlement of tokenized deposits as part of Project EnsembleTX, enabling 24/7 payments. This was one of several plans announced by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in his 2026 policy address yesterday. While…
The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC), a public body, has successfully priced its HKD 12 billion ($1.5 billion) digital bond issuance. It surpasses the HKD 10 billion digital green bond issued by the Hong Kong Government in November 2025. The bond is both multi currency and multi tenor, with three tranches comprising a HK$6…
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University warned that the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure, electrification, and grid modernization is creating long-term security and supply chain risks tied to dependence on Chinese-controlled energy and electronics technologies. In the paper ‘Electrotech Moneyball,’ published through the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology (CMIST), researchers argued that the ‘electrotech…