JD.com Registers ‘Jcoin’ as HK Stablecoin Regime Nears

China-based e-commerce big JD.com has reportedly registered entities tied to a possible stablecoin rollout simply days forward of Hong Kong’s new stablecoin laws going into impact.

JD.com, also known as China’s Amazon, has registered two potential stablecoin-linked entities, Jcoin and Joycoin, by way of its fintech subsidiary, JD Coinlink Expertise, in response to a report by Hong Kong information outlet Ming Pao on Tuesday.

JD Coinlink is among the official members within the stablecoin issuer sandbox program by the Hong Kong Financial Authority (HKMA), which launched final yr.

In line with the JD Coinlink web site, the upcoming “Jingdong stablecoin” is 1:1 pegged to the Hong Kong greenback and issued on a public blockchain with a mission to change into one of many main digital currencies for companies and people.

HKMA’s stablecoin regime begins Friday

The report on JD.com’s purported stablecoin entity registrations comes a yr after JD.com’s JD Coinlink began exploring stablecoins as a part of the HKMA’s stablecoin sandbox launched in March 2024.

Other than JD Coinlink, the sandbox additionally concerned RD InnoTech and Customary Chartered Financial institution’s Hong Kong division alongside Animoca Manufacturers and Hong Kong Telecommunications.

JD Coinlink disclosed its plans for a Hong Kong greenback stablecoin quickly after HKMA revealed the sandbox announcement final July.

Hong Kong but to reveal licensed issuers

After finishing the preparation part, the HKMA is anticipated to implement its regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers this Friday.

The Hong Kong central financial institution is but to announce the licensed stablecoin issuers, although, as its register of licensed stablecoin issuers at present lists no issuers.

“With the approaching of the HK stablecoin regime in August, all people in China and HK is speaking about stablecoins,” Crimson Date Expertise CEO He Yifan informed Cointelegraph in mid-July.

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“This might be very attention-grabbing and contain some new improvements and laws for the crypto trade,” He famous, including:

“For instance, we’re pushing for a course of for KYCing [Know Your Customer-ing] public chain-based stablecoin wallets with nameless personal key signatures from government-issued DIDs [decentralized identifiers].”

With the HKMA but to reveal the names of issuers set to launch Hong Kong greenback stablecoins, JD’s reported registration of a stablecoin entity might be well timed, simply forward of the anticipated product launch this Friday.

Forward of the official launch, the JD Coinlink web site warns customers to watch out for fraudulent imitations, emphasizing that the stablecoin has not but been issued.

Cointelegraph approached JD.com and JD Coinlink for remark relating to the Jcoin and Joycoin registration studies, however didn’t obtain a response on the time of publication.