News with the tag "SFC"

Hong Kong is making a bold move to solidify its position as a global digital asset hub! In a thrilling announcement, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has just unveiled a comprehensive Hong Kong crypto roadmap , packed with 12 strategic initiatives designed to propel the cryptocurrency sec...

Today, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced 12 initiatives to boost the security, innovation, and growth of the virtual assets (VA) market in Hong Kong through regulatory clarity. The new regulatory frameworks for VA over-the-counter and VA custodian services will be developed as VA...

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has granted Bullish, a crypto trading platform, a license to operate within its territory. This brings the total number of licensed crypto exchange platforms in Hong Kong to 10. Bullish senior vice president Michael Lau, who also serves as head of glob...

Hong Kong is making significant strides in the realm of virtual assets! In a landmark move towards establishing itself as a premier crypto hub, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has officially convened its Virtual Asset Consultative Panel (VACP). This inaugural meeting, held on F...

Hong Kong politician Johnny Ng Kit-chong is calling for lawmakers in the special administrative jurisdiction to follow the footsteps of the US in researching the feasibility of a federal Bitcoin reserve, with the help of Mainland China. In a February 5 X post , the Chinese People’s Political Consult...

Hong Kong’s financial regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), is set to promote its cryptocurrency regulatory workforce in the upcoming fiscal year. In a newly released budget proposal for 2025-26, the SFC outlined plans to introduce 15 additional positions, eight of which will speci...

In a major development concerning crypto asset security, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has flagged 33 new suspicious websites falsely claiming to be affiliated with HashKey, a licensed cryptocurrency trading platform in the region. This announcement increases the number of repo...

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced on January 27 that it had granted its first crypto operational licenses of 2025 to the crypto exchanges PantherTrade and YAX. The commission’s public records further indicated that the two exchanges were registered under the Hong Kong S...

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has issued virtual asset licenses to local crypto exchanges Panthertrade and YAX. Hong Kong financial authorities have updated their list of virtual asset trading platforms that have received an operating license from the SFC . Two Hong Kong-based cryp...

Hong Kong regulators have vowed to issue new licenses for crypto trading platforms in the country after a lengthy review process. According to Chinese media outlet SINA Finance, Executive Director of the Intermediary Department of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission , Ye Zhiheng, stated ...