On 3 November 2025, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission published two circulars on the licensing regime for virtual asset trading platforms. This client update identifies the ...
In Hyalroute Communications, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal dismissed an application for an interim anti-suit injunction to restrain a creditor from commencing Cayman winding-up proceeding...
Davis Polk’s Lok Cheung and Martin Rogers contributed three articles on virtual asset laws and regulations in Hong Kong to Thomson Reuters Practical Law’s “Practice Notes” series....
On 17 October 2025, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance discharged a proprietary injunction obtained ex parte against a Binance digital asset wallet allegedly containing cryptocurrencie...
Hong Kong’s licensing and regulatory framework for fiat-referenced stablecoins came into effect on 1 August 2025, regulating the issuance, offering and marketing of fiat-referenced stab...
On May 21, 2025, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the Stablecoins Ordinance, establishing a regulatory regime for the issuance, offering and marketing of stablecoins in Hong Kong....
On June 27, 2025, the Hong Kong Financial Services and Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission jointly published two consultation papers on legislative proposals regulat...
Davis Polk partner Martin Rogers, counsel Bo Huang and Yuan Zheng and associates Lok Cheung and Caroline Wang authored “Asian private equity and international arbitration: Key current i...
On June 1, 2023, Hong Kong’s licensing regime for virtual asset trading platforms came into force, following the SFC’s Consultation Conclusions published on May 23, 2023 setting out t...
On 20 February 2023, the Hong Kong SFC published a Consultation Paper setting out the proposed regulatory requirements for licensed Virtual Asset Service Providers under the new regime, t...
