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 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...
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 ...
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...
