Hong Kong’s ZA Bank to Offer Custody Accounts for Stablecoin Issuers
ZA Bank, a virtual bank in Hong Kong, will offer cash custody accounts for institutions that want to issue stablecoins. The organization is in talks with several parties seeking to issue their stablecoins, and this servi...
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