On June 20, at the Lujiazui Forum, Xu Zhengyu, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, stated in an interview that the use of stablecoins is to return to the essence of finance and effectively address pain points in economic activities, rather than simply pursuing technological applications or merely achieving interconnectivity. The regulation of stablecoin issuance has similarities with the regulation of similar financial institutions, specifically manifested in:
First, the issuer itself needs to have capital; Second, after the issuer exchanges money with the stablecoin holders, the reserves must at no time be less than the value of the currency backing the unredeemed stablecoins; Third, if the stablecoin holders want to exchange back to the fiat currency with the issuer, it must be completed within one trading day, one business day, or one working day.
In addition, regarding whether stablecoins will accelerate the internationalization of the Renminbi due to their peg to the Renminbi, Xu Zhengyu believes that from a regulatory perspective, it does not rule out.