ゲートニュース・メッセージ、4月21日――Ethereum Foundationが支援するETH HK Hub (Ethereum Hong Kong Community Center) は本日、香港の九龍西部地区で開所式を開催しました。Ethereumの共同創業者であるVitalik Buterin氏と、Ethereum Foundation議長のAya Miyaguchi氏がこのイベントに出席し、香港立法会議員のPaul Tse氏と対談に参加しました

Futu Holdings announced that its wholly-owned Leopard Trading Platform has obtained comprehensive licenses and officially commenced operations, becoming Hong Kong's first licensed virtual asset trading platform backed by a brokerage firm. The platform will be deeply integrated with Futu Securities to provide comprehensive financial services.

香港の財経事務及び財務局長の許正宇は、香港におけるステーブルコインとデジタル人民元の現状について紹介し、デジタル人民元のウォレットの成長は地元銀行の推進によるものであり、加盟店の受け入れ拡大も顕著であると強調しました。今後は、ウォレットのアップグレードや新たな決済手段の可能性を模索し、市場のニーズに応えていく予定です。

Hong Kong's Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Paul Chan, stated that the number of digital yuan wallets is growing steadily, with approximately 80,000 accumulated wallets. The People's Bank of China and Hong Kong Monetary Authority are exploring wallet upgrades to enhance usage limits and user experience. Meanwhile, stablecoins and central bank digital currencies have multiple payment application potential under compliance frameworks.

Gate News reported that on March 25, Hong Kong stocks in the AI application sector strengthened. Momenta-W (00800.HK) rose 8%, Haizhi Technology Group (02706.HK) rose 6.77%, and Zhipu (02513.HK) rose 4.58%.

Gate News report indicates that on March 21, Hong Kong Securities and Futures Professionals Association Chairman Chan Chi-wah commented on the controversy surrounding brokerage clients' "pre-registration of designated bank accounts." He stated that while the regulatory circular proposes establishing a bank account registration mechanism with limits, the relevant practices may stem from inappropriately applying virtual asset regulatory concepts (such as pre-approved wallet addresses) to the traditional securities industry.

Gate News report: On March 20, according to Caixin reporting, Ant Group is considering listing Ant International separately in Hong Kong. Shi Wenyi, Vice President of Ant International, revealed that its digital payment and financial service platforms Remitly and Antom (global merchant payment service) have introduced blockchain global settlement technology, enabling real-time fund arrivals, effectively reducing in-transit operating capital, and improving turnover efficiency. Additionally, the platform has introduced an AI foreign exchange time series prediction large model that can provide high-precision forecasting of future cash flows and foreign exchange exposure.

Morgan Stanley issued a research report on March 20 giving MINIMAX (Hong Kong stock code 00100.HK) an overweight rating with a target price of HK$990. The report noted that MINIMAX has made significant progress in large language model iterations and enhanced its AI capabilities, with expectations of considerable token growth potential.

Gate News report shows that on March 18, the Hong Kong stock market displayed the following: MINIMAX-W(00100.HK) rose over 27%, now trading at 1311 Hong Kong dollars; Zhipu(02513.HK) rose over 20%, now trading at 746 Hong Kong dollars, hitting a historic high.