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...
The Bureau of Industry and Security issued an interim final rule, effective immediately, that extends U.S. export control restrictions applicable to the Entity, MEU, and SDN lists to all ...
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...
Since 2023, the UK government has been engaging with the cryptoasset industry as part of its efforts to develop a regulatory regime for cryptoasset activities and services. In late April ...
