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Bank of Communications (Hong Kong)

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Crypto readiness score

29/100

2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-11-11

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Score breakdown

How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.

Readiness score breakdown
Component	Weight	Points	Basis (verified input)
Commercial availability	35	10.5	Pilot / proof of concept · initiative
Regulatory standing	25	—	No verified status — not scored
Technical delivery	20	8	Pilot / proof of concept · initiative
Product breadth	15	5	1 product category with a verified status: Tokenized deposits
Recent verified activity	5	5	Last verified change 2026-11-02

Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology

Initiatives (1)

Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.

Tokenized deposits · Hong Kong
Bank of Communications (Hong Kong): tokenised deposit bank on HKMA Ensemble TX
regulatory
Unknown
technical
Pilot / proof of concept2026-11-02
commercial
Pilot / proof of concept2026-11-02
The HKMA lists Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited among the five tokenised deposit banks that joined Ensemble TX, the pilot phase of Project Ensemble, in 2026; the HKMA defines these as commercial banks that provide tokenised deposits to customers in Hong Kong and settle interbank tokenised deposit transactions via Ensemble TX in a real-value setting.
Scope: Hong Kong; HKMA Ensemble TX pilot phase (real-value setting).
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-11

Licences & registrations

Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).

No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.

Partners & providers

From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map

Ethereum · co-named in verified item
Anchorage Digital Bank to issue RDUSD, a US dollar stablecoin for Hong Kong's RD Technologies, planned on HashKey's HSK Chain
Solana · co-named in verified item
Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint plans native minting and redemption of its HKD stablecoin HKDAP on Solana in a collaboration with Solana Foundation
Swift · co-named in verified item
DBS, OCBC and UOB complete first live Singapore dollar tokenised deposit transactions on Swift's ledger

Regulator records & actions

2026-11-04Final rule · Hong Kong SAR Government (news.gov.hk)Hong Kong Legislative Council passes the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework & Amended Common Reporting Standard) Bill 2026
2026-11-02Primary record · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityAnnex A – Tokenised Deposit Banks of EnsembleTX (2026) (row: Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited) (opens source in new tab)
2026-11-02Primary record · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityAnnex A – Tokenised Deposit Banks of EnsembleTX (2 Nov 2026 HKMA press release “Ensemble TX enters a new chapter”) (opens source in new tab)
2026-11-02Pilot · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityHKMA advances Ensemble TX to 24/7 real-value tokenised transactions and will soon add regulated stablecoins to its trials
2026-11-02Pilot · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityHKMA moves Ensemble TX to 24/7 interbank settlement of tokenised deposits in tokenised central bank money, with 12 banks and 20 industry pioneers
2026-11-02Speech · Securities and Futures Commission of Hong KongHong Kong SFC counts 17 tokenised retail products with US$1.3 billion in assets, names tokenised gold ETFs as a possible next secondary-trading pilot and introduces an innovation pathway
2026-10-26Regulatory approval · Securities and Futures Commission of Hong KongHong Kong SFC approves 24/7 secondary trading of two tokenised money market funds on a licensed virtual asset platform
2026-06-29Regulator publication · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityFSTB and HKMA to further unlock potential of DLT in Hong Kong’s fixed income market
2026-06-05Regulator publication · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityHKMA establishes Tokenised Bond Expert Group
2026-04-10Licence / authorisation · Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityHKMA grants first stablecoin issuer licences to Anchorpoint and HSBC

Markets (from stated target markets): Hong Kong

Timeline

Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.

2026-11-10 · Item
Standard Chartered pilots a redemption liquidity facility for Ant International’s investment in tokenised money market funds
Standard Chartered
2026-11-05 · Item
SC Ventures and SBI Group join Soter Insure's Series B for digital asset insurance
Soter Insure
2026-11-04 · Item
Hong Kong Legislative Council passes the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework & Amended Common Reporting Standard) Bill 2026
Hong Kong SAR Government (news.gov.hk)
2026-11-03 · Item
HashKey says it is among the first institutional clients of Standard Chartered's Hong Kong tokenised deposit solution, using it for treasury and settlement
HashKey Group
2026-11-02 · Status
Bank of Communications (Hong Kong): tokenised deposit bank on HKMA Ensemble TX: technical Pilot / proof of concept (opens source in new tab)
HKMA lists Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) among the five tokenised deposit banks that newly joined Ensemble TX in 2026.
2026-11-02 · Status
Bank of Communications (Hong Kong): tokenised deposit bank on HKMA Ensemble TX: commercial Pilot / proof of concept (opens source in new tab)
HKMA definition: tokenised deposit banks provide tokenised deposits to customers in Hong Kong and settle interbank tokenised deposit transactions via Ensemble TX in a real-value setting.
2026-11-02 · Item
BOCHK uses tokenised central bank money on Ensemble TX for 24/7 interbank tokenised deposit settlement, reports more than HK$2.3 billion in real-value transactions
Bank of China (Hong Kong)
2026-11-02 · Item
China CITIC Bank International completes a Project Ensemble tokenised-deposits pilot for delivery-versus-payment gold settlement with the Hong Kong Gold Exchange, targeting a 2027 launch
China CITIC Bank International
2026-11-02 · Item
HKMA advances Ensemble TX to 24/7 real-value tokenised transactions and will soon add regulated stablecoins to its trials
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
2026-11-02 · Item
HKMA moves Ensemble TX to 24/7 interbank settlement of tokenised deposits in tokenised central bank money, with 12 banks and 20 industry pioneers
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
2026-11-02 · Item
Hong Kong SFC counts 17 tokenised retail products with US$1.3 billion in assets, names tokenised gold ETFs as a possible next secondary-trading pilot and introduces an innovation pathway
Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong
2026-11-02 · Item
Standard Chartered launches Tokenised Deposits in Hong Kong for corporate clients, with 24/7 interbank settlement via HKMA's Ensemble TX
Standard Chartered
2026-11-01 · Item
Anchorage Digital Bank to issue RDUSD, a US dollar stablecoin for Hong Kong's RD Technologies, planned on HashKey's HSK Chain
Anchorage Digital
2026-10-30 · Item
Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint plans native minting and redemption of its HKD stablecoin HKDAP on Solana in a collaboration with Solana Foundation
Anchorpoint Financial (Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) subsidiary)
2026-10-26 · Item
Hong Kong SFC approves 24/7 secondary trading of two tokenised money market funds on a licensed virtual asset platform
Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong
2026-10-08 · Item
Standard Chartered plans digital asset custody for institutional clients in Singapore
Standard Chartered
2026-09-30 · Item
HSBC names its forthcoming Hong Kong stablecoin 'HSBC RedCoin'
HSBC
2026-09-10 · Item
DBS, OCBC and UOB complete first live Singapore dollar tokenised deposit transactions on Swift's ledger
OCBC
2026-08-12 · Item
Anchorpoint, the Standard Chartered-led HKMA-licensed issuer, begins phase 1 institutional rollout of its HKD stablecoin HKDAP via Beta Access
Anchorpoint Financial (Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) subsidiary)
2026-06-29 · Item
FSTB and HKMA to further unlock potential of DLT in Hong Kong’s fixed income market
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
2026-06-05 · Item
HKMA establishes Tokenised Bond Expert Group
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
2026-04-10 · Item
HKMA grants first stablecoin issuer licences to Anchorpoint and HSBC
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
2025-08-01 · Regulatory date
Hong Kong regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers comes into effect (opens source in new tab)
HK Stablecoins Ordinance · Hong Kong Monetary Authority

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Initiatives (1)