Chinese regulators have ordered Alibaba to suspend its plans to issue a stablecoin in Hong Kong, marking a significant government intervention in the ambitions of the country's tech giants. The directive came from the People's Bank of China (PBoC) and the Cyberspace Administration of China, according to a Financial Times report. The primary concern for the PBoC is the risk associated with allowing private tech companies to issue and control any form of currency, which could challenge monetary stability. Additionally, the regulators view privately-issued stablecoins as a potential competitor to the government's own central bank digital currency, the digital yuan, which is still in its pilot phase.