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Project Ensemble is the HKMA's tokenisation infrastructure initiative, launched in March 2024 with a dedicated sandbox going live on 28 August 2024. It is designed to test interoperability between tokenised money and tokenised real-world assets, using experimental tokenised central bank money in the form of wholesale CBDC (wCBDC) — distinct from a retail e-HKD — for interbank settlement.
The sandbox explores four themes: fixed income and investment funds, liquidity management, green and sustainable finance, and trade and supply-chain finance. In November 2025 the HKMA announced EnsembleTX, a new phase supporting real-value transactions. This entry covers the overall initiative rather than a single issuance; total size is not applicable. Specific bank participants were not named in the sandbox launch release and are therefore omitted here.
HKMA launched Project Ensemble
Project Ensemble Sandbox went live
HKMA announced EnsembleTX phase for real-value transactions
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