On February 11, 2026, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission published a circular permitting licensed intermediaries providing virtual asset dealing services to offer margin fina...
On February 11, 2026, the Securities and Futures Commission published frameworks allowing licensed virtual asset trading platforms to (a) offer perpetual contracts to professional investo...
On 30 January 2026, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular highlighting what it described as “highly concerning issues” identified in certain listing applicatio...
On 24 December 2025, the Hong Kong Financial Services and Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission jointly published consultation conclusions to their legislative proposa...
New Department of the Treasury guidance and the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act include a number of provisions affecting cross-border investment, including an update to the Outbou...
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 ...
