[Media: Bank of China Hong Kong Plans to Apply for Stablecoin Issuer License] According to Zhitong Finance, the Hong Kong Economic Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported that Bank of China Hong Kong plans to apply for a stablecoin issuer license and aims to be among the first batch of approved issuers. The application deadline for the first batch is the end of September. Both Bank of China Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority declined to comment.