Alright folks, gather ’round for the newest episode of “Crypto Madness: Asian Edition!” So, Hong Kong just decided to play Big Brother with stablecoins – you know, those digital tokens that are supposed to be as stable as your Aunt Mildred’s potato salad recipe (except with less mayonnaise). And guess who’s crashing the party? None other than PetroChina, the oil and gas giant who’s thinking, “Why not toss some stablecoins into cross-border payments and see what explodes?” Spoiler alert: hopefully not the digital wallet!
PetroChina Thinks Stablecoins Are “The Next Big Thing” (Or At Least The Next Big Thing to Confuse CFOs)
Last Friday, some local news decided to spill the tea: PetroChina, a fancy branch of the super serious China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), is sniffing around the idea of using stablecoins for cross-border settlements. Because if there’s one thing oil tycoons love, it’s mixing oil, gas, and… digital coins?
Wang Hua – no, not a kung fu move, but the CFO and Board Secretary – dropped the bombshell at their half-year meeting. He said they’re watching the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Stablecoin Ordinance like it’s the season finale of Game of Thrones. Spoiler alert: Dragons might not be involved, but money is!
Back in May, Hong Kong pulled the official “Stablecoin Ordinance” rabbit out of the hat, which means anyone wanting to play with fiat-pegged stablecoins has to beg for a license from the HKMA. Because nothing says “fun” like government paperwork, right?
This new rulebook, effective August 1, is basically Hong Kong saying: “We want you to innovate-but don’t mess up too much.” Licensed entities can now offer fiat-referenced stablecoins (whatever those are), and poor retail investors get to buy tokens only from these “qualified geniuses.”
Paul Chan Mo-po, Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary (try saying that three times fast), said stablecoins could seriously jazz up cross-border payments by making them cheaper and faster. Kind of like sending cash through a hyperloop, if the hyperloop was made of complicated laws and tech jargon.
So, PetroChina’s next big thriller? They’re starting a “viability study” on stablecoins. Translation: They haven’t decided yet, but rest assured-they’re Googling it hard.
The Hong Kong and China Crypto Circus
Wang Hua didn’t give us a “by next Tuesday” timeline. Nope, he played it safe like a New York cabbie in a blizzard, saying they’ll “closely monitor policy developments and build technical capabilities.” In plain speak: “We’re still figuring this out, so don’t ask.”
Oh, and Hong Kong gave players a six-month transition period to get their applications in by September 30. Rumor has it, lots of fish are swimming towards the HKMA license like it’s the last life raft on the Titanic.
Bigshots like logistics firm Reitar Logtech and Ant Group’s overseas division have already gone for it, while e-commerce titan JD.com, through its fintech arm JD Coinlink, was busy playing with HKD-pegged tokens in the regulator’s sandbox-because what’s more fun than digital sandcastles?
Don’t get too carried away, though. Authorities are wagging their fingers about “excessive hype” and “over-enthusiasm,” which, in crypto-speak, means “slow down, clowns, or you’ll all be broke by lunch.”
Chinese regulators even told firms to zip it on promotions and research publications about stablecoins, probably because someone yelled “FRAUD!” in the back alley of the digital gold rush.
And in the left corner, weighing in with some big talk, we have Eric Trump (yes, that Trump), the man who knows a thing or two about reality TV and business buzzwords. At Bitcoin Asia 2025, he praised China’s crypto prowess, calling it a “hell of a power” – which sounds like a line from a Mel Brooks western, but hey, it’s real talk.
Eric dreams of a day when President Trump and Xi Jinping sit down over a couple of Bitcoins and hash it out poker-style. Because nothing says diplomacy like cryptographic handshakes and poker faces. 🎲🀄️💰
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2025-08-30 07:15