Leveraging blockchain technology and digital ledger technology has surged in the past few months, helping maximize the gains and luring thousands of new investors and users. 

In a most recent development, it has been noted that the Central Bank of Hong Kong has announced its plan to help banking adopt disturbed ledger technology, in order to meet the trends of the evolving finance market. 

It is worth noting that the adoption of blockchain and related technology has seen a staggering growth in adoption, yet the major potential of these technologies came following the wider adoption of cryptocurrencies. 

On December 08, 2025, the Central Bank of Hong Kong announced its ‘Supervisory Incubator for Distributed Ledger Technology,’ with an intention to back banks to implement distributed ledger technology.

Arthur Yean the executive chief executive of the Central Bank quoted “ As the banking industry continues to evolve, it is essential that we provide a supportive environment for innovation to thrive.”

Yean goes on to state that the supervisory incubator for DLT is a “ key component of our strategy to foster the development of DLT-based banking solutions that are safe, efficient, and beneficial to the industry and the wider community.” 

Through research, supervisory guidance, and the sharing of best practices, the effort will also foster industry-wide development by assisting the banking industry as a whole in comprehending and implementing DLT solutions.

Distributed Ledger Technology changing the traditional banking system! 

In order to enable cross-border transactions, the conventional banking system mostly depends on middlemen like correspondent banks. By facilitating peer-to-peer transactions and cutting down on transaction times and expenses, DLT does away with the need for these middlemen. 

DLT makes it possible for transactions to be settled in real-time, which speeds up transactions and eliminates the need for middlemen. For cross-border transactions, which can take days to settle using conventional procedures, this is especially advantageous.

DLT offers a way to create smart contracts, which are self-executing agreements with the provisions of the contract encoded directly into computer code. Many typical banking procedures, including loan approvals and payments, can be automated with smart contracts.

Overall, by offering a safe, open, and effective means of carrying out financial transactions, DLT is revolutionizing the established banking sector. We may anticipate even more cutting-edge DLT uses in banking as the technology develops.

Crypto market price updates

At the time of publishing the cryptocurrency market capitalization is $3.24 trillion with a decline of 2.61 percent intraday, also the trading volume fell at $116 billion with a loss of 11.76 percent.

Similarly, Bitcoin, the pioneer of the market, has lost 2.38 percent of its price now exchanging hands at $93,520 and in a week it lost roughly 3 percent. 

Ethereum, the second most discussed crypto in the market, lost 1.13 percent of its prices reaching $3,317, and fell 3.81 percent in a week. 

According to the data from CoinMarketCap, the intraday gainer’s list is ruled by Neo trading at $14.91 with a growth of 4.05 percent, followed by Maker, Flow, Kaspa, Sui, and Monera. 

On the other hand, ai16z topped the losses list with a loss of 18.97 percent now trading at $1.48, followed by AIOZ Network, Dogwifhat, and THORchain.