Standard Chartered has launched tokenized deposits in Hong Kong for corporate clients, according to a Nov. 2 BlockBeats report citing CoinDesk.
24/7 settlement in central bank money
Hong Kong is described as the first market in Standard Chartered’s global network where the offering supports real-time interbank settlement around the clock in central bank currency. Early partners named in the report include China AMC, Fireblocks and HashKey.
The report does not give transaction volumes, commercial terms or further regulatory details. Those details may determine how broadly the service is used by corporate customers.
Source: BlockBeats English report, published Nov. 2, 2026, at 15:02 UTC. Chinese source.