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HSBC Digital Assets

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📍 London, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 GB

HSBC Digital Assets is the digital assets and tokenization business of HSBC Holdings plc, a global bank headquartered at 8 Canada Square, London, United Kingdom. HSBC operates HSBC Orion, a proprietary tokenization platform used to issue digitally native bonds; the platform has supported over 3.5 billion dollars in digital bonds across sovereign, supranational and corporate issuers. In March 2024 HSBC launched the HSBC Gold Token, a tokenized gold product for retail customers in Hong Kong authorized by the Securities and Futures Commission; by November 2025 it exceeded 1 billion dollars in trading volume. In May 2025 HSBC launched a Tokenized Deposit Service on HSBC Orion using Canton distributed ledger technology and plans to expand it to additional markets. John O'Neill is Group Head of

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Company Info
Founded 1865
Size approximately 210,000 employees
AUM total assets ~3.2 trillion dollars (Jun 2025)
Key Executives
John O'Neill (Group Head of Digital Assets and Currencies)Georges Elhedery (Group CEO, HSBC)

Recent News

HSBC's gold token tops 1 billion dollars in trades
2025-11-11

HSBC's Orion-based retail gold token surpassed 1 billion dollars in trading volume with over 100,000 transactions since its 2024 launch.

HSBC Orion selected as UK government platform for Digital Gilt Instrument pilot
2026-02-12

The UK government selected HSBC Orion as the platform for its Digital Gilt Instrument pilot, reinforcing the platform's tokenization role.