Hong Kong plans to launch interbank gold tokenized trading, with each token representing a 400-ounce gold bar.
Original headline香港拟启动银行间黄金代币化交易，每枚代表 400 盎司金条
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Hong Kong’s Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, said on November 2 that an interbank tokenized gold trading project will launch soon, using the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Project Ensemble. Each gold token will represent one standard 400-ounce gold bar, with trades priced against the Hong Kong Gold Reference Price (HAU) and settled alongside tokenized deposits. The initiative marks a step toward integrating tokenized real-world assets into Hong Kong’s banking system under a central bank-led sandbox. It matters because it could establish a regulated template for gold-backed token trading and tokenized deposit settlement in the region. What to watch next is the formal launch date, participating banks, and initial trading volumes and pricing benchmarks.
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