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 [...]

The convergence of traditional and decentralized finance is creating a unified "institutional-grade" ecosystem by building trust through a framework that combines the security of legacy systems with the efficiency of [...]

The tokenised unlisted class will be available on HashKey Exchange Hang Seng Investment Management Limited and HSBC have jointly launched the Hang Seng Gold ETF Tokenised Unlisted Class, a new tokenised class of [...]

The approvals by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the territory's central bank, mark the first batch under the Stablecoins Ordinance, which took effect in August 2025. What to know: Hong [...]

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has granted the first batch of stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC and Anchor Point Fintech (a company jointly established by Standard Chartered Bank (Hong [...]

Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK) has joined the first group of banks in Hong Kong to roll out cross-border payment services via the Faster Payment System (FPS) for offshore financial [...]