Hong Kong, Japan lead APAC blockchain payments push

Homepage > News > Finance > Hong Kong, Japan lead APAC blockchain payments push A new study of cross-border payments news coverage has revealed that blockchain technologies are most discussed in Hong Kong, where 70% of the reporting reviewed focused on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, or tokenization, while in the Asia region overall, 26% of articles discussed the technology. Blockchain takes center stage in payments Hong Kong, Japan driving blockchain adoption Stablecoins eye retail as CBDCs go wholesale According to the recently published ‘The New Era of Asia’s Cross-Border Payments’ report, produced by global fintech event firm Money 20/20 and cross-border payments data and intelligence provider FXC Intelligence, blockchain technologies have been a major focus of cross-border payments news around the world over the past year, despite adoption and regulatory approaches differing widely across markets. The white paper is based on an analysis of 1,000 different industry articles featured on Google News over the last 12 months that focused on cross-border payments. The articles were drawn from 10 major markets in Asia and were published in eight languag...