Hong Kong’s biggest annual Web3 gathering concluded on Tuesday with industry executives looking to capitalise on the ballooning bitcoin price ahead of what is expected to be the city’s imminent …
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has warned investors about trading on Bybit, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, after placing the platform on an alert list, even …
With the initial application window now closed, the number of applicants offers the first indication of the industry’s interest in Hong Kong’s bid to become a global crypto hub with …
Regulators in three of the biggest financial markets in Asia said they welcome tokenised securities – traditional investment products like stocks, bonds and mutual funds that use distributed ledger technology- …
With Hong Kong in the final month for cryptocurrency exchanges to apply for a licence from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the regulator has reminded investors of the risks …
Eleven spot bitcoin ETFs – including BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust and ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF, among others – began trading on Thursday, following the US Securities and …
Hong Kong previously only allowed retail participation in cryptocurrency futures ETFs, which hold virtual-asset futures contracts, instead of direct investments in crypto tokens at their spot prices. 03:03 The cryptocurrency …
OKX, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by 24-hour trading volume, has officially applied for a virtual asset trading platform (VATP) licence under its Hong Kong branch, becoming the first major …