Changpeng Zhao, better known by the nickname CZ, delivered a notably optimistic assessment of the cryptocurrency industry at the Bitcoin Asia 2026 event in Hong Kong, stating that the sector [...]

According to a report by Foresight News, citing a report by The Paper, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau held a press conference today. This year, Shanghai police have cracked multiple [...]

Hong Kong's first regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin went live on Wednesday. Almost nobody is allowed to hold it. Anchorpoint Financial opened HKDAP to institutions, corporate clients and professional investors [...]

HashKey Exchange and OSL Group are now authorized distributors, enabling institutional and professional investors to mint and redeem HKDAP tokens. Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint launched beta access for its HKDAP stablecoin, [...]

Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint Financial may launch its regulated Hong Kong Dollar-backed stablecoin (HKDAP) this month, local media reported on Monday. The report said that licensed virtual asset trading platforms, such [...]

There are currently 13 licensed virtual asset trading platforms, while six applicants are still under review, revealed Joseph Chan, Acting Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury. Unless exempted, any [...]

Standard Chartered and Solowin Holdings (AXG) have launched what they describe as Hong Kong’s first institutional crypto custody solution offered by a Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB). The initiative marks [...]

The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published consultation conclusions on the legislative proposal to regulate virtual asset (VA) advisory and management service [...]

The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission have jointly published consultation conclusions on Tuesday on the legislative proposal to regulate virtual asset advisory and [...]

Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po (first row, seventh left) and French President Emmanuel Macron (first row, seventh right) pose for a group photo with other officials and guests [...]

The HKMA says future licenses will be “very limited” and depend on how the market handles the first launches. Hong Kong issued its first two stablecoin licenses to HSBC (LON: [...]

The HKMA has alerted the public to fraudulent tokens falsely claiming association with licensed stablecoin issuers Anchorpoint and HSBC The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has warned the public about fake stablecoins [...]