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Standard Chartered becomes first bank to distribute Hong Kong dollar stablecoin
ESG analytics startup MioTech eyes 2028 IPO following China merger
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Institutional
Standard Chartered becomes first bank to distribute Hong Kong dollar stablecoin... Sumitomo Mitsui Trust to begin asset management in Vietnam with state bank... Alibaba shares plunge after $10bn new share placement to fund AI spending... US economist Barry Eichengreen on reality of de-dollarisation and next currency reshuffle... The next phase of tokenization is utility... Japan backs fusion, recycling startups in $125m public-private funding...
Regulation
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Markets
First bear-market trend line reclaim since 2025: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week... ESG analytics startup MioTech eyes 2028 IPO following China merger... Samsung Electronics faces internal divide over huge bonus gap... China refiner Sinopec foresees headwinds easing despite Iran uncertainty... Vietnam’s parliament approves first nuclear project... Shein launches IPO at valuation of up to $27bn, far below past figure...
Infrastructure
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