According to ChainCatcher, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is promoting open APIs between banks, with 28 banks participating in Hong Kong's open API initiative, including 3 note-issuing banks, small and medium-sized banks, and virtual banks. The Monetary Authority hopes the industry can resolve the technical issues (Defects) encountered in integration before September, aiming to officially launch the Inter-Bank Account Data Sharing (IADS) platform for customer data sharing by the end of this year.

ChainCatcher news, Ben Zhang, co-founder and COO of Web3 infrastructure provider NodeReal, published an open letter reviewing NodeReal's progress over the past year and sharing NodeReal's strategic plans.Ben Zhang stated that in 2023, NodeReal will continue to optimize its strategic goal of "one-stop Web3 infrastructure": empowering high-performance blockchain optimization from both computing and storage aspects; continuing to build rollups and hybrid applications for specific use cases; providing fully managed, modular, and customizable block explorers using high-performance nodes and API services; and collaboratively identifying key API cases for DeFi data indexing APIs and compliance APIs with partners to create a more open API platform. (Source link)