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  "id": 17903793,
  "title": "Tokenised gold bar to advance Hong Kong’s ambitions as digital, metal trading hub",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/tokenised-gold-bar-to-advance-hong-kongs-ambitions-as-digital-metal-17903793",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-03T03:54:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Tech",
    "slug": "scmp-tech",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3373071/tokenised-gold-bar-advance-hong-kongs-ambitions-digital-metal-trading-hub"
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  "summary": "Hong Kong is taking significant steps towards becoming a global hub for digital and metal trading, with the launch of a tokenised gold transaction project. This initiative, spearheaded by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and supported by major financial institutions, aims to leverage the city's expertise in digital assets and gold trading. The project, which builds on the success of Project Ensemble, involves the creation of a token representing a standard 400-ounce gold bar, with the HAU gold price index serving as the benchmark. This move is seen as a strategic response to the growing interest in tokenised gold, which combines Hong Kong's priorities of becoming a global digital assets hub and a global gold trading hub.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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