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344 Asia Morning Briefing: Hong Kong’s FinTech Week Belonged to Stablecoins, Not CBDCs

CoinDesk
Sam Reynolds @ CoinDesk · 11/10/2025 21:41 EDT

Asia Morning Briefing: Hong Kong’s FinTech Week Belonged to Stablecoins, Not CBDCs

Once the future of digital money, central bank digital currencies barely featured this year as Hong Kong’s focus shifted to stablecoins and Brazil’s Drex pause showed how even early adopters are rethinking the model.

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