Jingdong Coinlink site inaccessible... Not on Hong Kong's first license list
Original headline징둥 코인링크 사이트 접속 불가…홍콩 첫 면허 명단엔 없어
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JD.com affiliate JINGDONG Coinlink Technology Hong Kong’s official website has become inaccessible, according to PANews, with no exact timeframe disclosed; the company remains listed as “registered” in Chinese corporate registry Qichacha. The outage follows JINGDONG Coinlink’s absence from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s first batch of stablecoin issuer licenses issued this year, despite JD.com’s earlier plan to issue a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Hong Kong dollar. The HKMA had admitted JINGDONG Coinlink to its issuer sandbox on July 18, 2024, making the licensing snub and site outage a potential setback for JD’s Hong Kong stablecoin ambitions. It matters because the episode tests confidence in Hong Kong’s new stablecoin licensing regime and JD’s fintech expansion beyond mainland China. Next, watch for an official explanation from JD or JINGDONG Coinlink, clarity on whether the site outage is technical or strategic, and the HKMA’s subsequent license rounds.
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JINGDONG Coinlink Technology Hong Kong Limited, JD.com, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, PANews, Qichacha