JD CoinChain CEO: JD Hong Kong and Macau will support stablecoin shopping

Planet Daily News: In a recent interview with Bloomberg Businessweek/Chinese Edition, Liu Peng, CEO of JD Chain Technology, revealed that JD's Hong Kong and Macau station's e-commerce will soon support stablecoin shopping. JD Chain plans to obtain a license in the fourth quarter of 2025 and simultaneously launch stablecoins pegged to the Hong Kong dollar and other currencies. Currently, the company is testing in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's stablecoin issuer sandbox, focusing on applications in cross-border payments, investment trading, and retail payments. Liu Peng stated that stablecoins will serve as new financial infrastructure in the Web 3 era, with advantages such as reducing transfer time from days to seconds and cutting costs by at least half compared to traditional transfers, potentially playing a and other international scenarios. disrupt.