[2026-10-24] The latest IT, economic, blockchain and coin news

Banking giant HSBC switched on RedCoin on Friday, a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin that more than 3.3 million PayMe users will be able to activate in the coming days to pay friends or shop at more than 100,000 merchants, according to the bank's announcement. “We are excited by the market's interest in HSBC RedCoin. This is only the beginning,” John O'Neill, HSBC's managing director of digital assets and currencies, said. “We will soon add more products, including expanding into wholesale corporate...