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Today in Crypto: Thailand Delays Digital Wallet Plan, Crypto Wallet Downloads Dropping Last Two Years, Reddit Removes Alleged Insider-Trading Moderators
23.10.2023
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Hong Kong Regulator Gives Green Light to Wider Retail Virtual Asset Investments With Applicable Safeguards
23.10.2023
Hong Kong’s financial regulators The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have released new guidelines on how intermediaries are to conduct virtual asset-related activities in light of new market developments....
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Hong Kong Regulator Gives Greenlight to Wider Retail Virtual Asset Investments With Applicable Safeguards
23.10.2023
Hong Kong’s financial regulators The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have released new guidelines on how intermediaries are to conduct virtual asset-related activities in light of new market developments....
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Hong Kong Reverses Stance on Spot-Crypto, ETF Investing, With a Catch
23.10.2023
Hong Kong's financial regulators have overturned previous guidance that limited the sale of spot crypto products to professional investors. But there's a catch
Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023 “Fintech Redefined.”
23.10.2023
Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) on October 18 unveiled details of Hong Kong FinTech Week 2023 (HKFW). The eighth edition of HKFW, themed “Fintech Redefined.” will occur from October 30 to November 5. This flagship event lies at the core of global fintech innovations and aims to shape...
Hong Kong Customs Chief Addresses Money-Laundering Risks in Crypto Exchanges Post JPEX Scandal
23.10.2023
Hong Kong's Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Louise Ho Pui-shan, has called for increased oversight and regulatory measures in response to mounting money-laundering risks within the crypto sector.
This call to action comes amid the HK$1.5 billion ($191 million) JPEX scandal that exposed...
Hong Kong Regulators Restrict Retail Investor Access to ‘Complex’ Crypto Products
23.10.2023
The securities regulator and the central banking institution of Hong Kong have updated the region’s crypto policy in response to enquiries from the industry. In a circular on the virtual asset-related activities of intermediaries, the authorities introduced additional measures to protect retail...
Gollum má konkurenci. Skull Island: Rise of Kong má nakročeno k titulu nejhorší hry roku
21.10.2023
Hong Kong’s SFC Moves to Update Crypto Market Regulations Following New Market Developments
21.10.2023
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced plans to update its framework on cryptocurrency sales and requirements amid the evolving market development of the digital asset industry.
In the regulator’s upcoming amendment notice published on October 20, five major parts were...
Report: Awful King Kong Game Was Made In A Year By Overworked Devs
20.10.2023
Skull Island: Rise of Kong was released earlier this week and was quickly derided as one of the worst games of 2023. What happened? Well, a new report claims it was made by a small team of developers on a tight budget in just one year, putting the studio in a situation where making something good...
Hong Kong securities regulator updates crypto policies, citing market developments
20.10.2023
The notice came more than a month after more than a thousand users reported losses from the JPEX crypto exchange
Bitmain’s revenge, Hong Kong’s crypto rollercoaster: Asia Express
20.10.2023
Bitmain allegedly fires staff for speaking out against salary cuts, Hong Kong investors lose faith in crypto after the JPEX scandal, Bitget gets a new crypto credit card and more
Overwatch 2 Is In Its K-Pop Era With New Collab Event
18.10.2023
Overwatch 2 has been taking a page out of Fortnite’s book lately, increasingly making cross-cultural, in-game collaborations part of its repertoire. We’ve already seen crossovers with the popular Shonen Jump anime One Punch Man, WWE superstar John Cena, and a Blizzard in-house collaboration with...
Hong Kong’s attitude toward crypto sours after JPEX saga: Survey
18.10.2023
41% of respondents said they prefer not to hold virtual assets or cryptocurrencies — up 12 percentage points from an earlier study
BC Technology Denies Report of $128M Crypto Exchange Sale
17.10.2023
Firm calls report by Bloomberg “factually inaccurate and highly misleading.”
New King Kong Game Is Very, Very Bad
17.10.2023
Hey, good news! It’s been a long time, but we finally got a new King Kong video game. Bad news, Skull Island: Rise of Kong appears an ugly mess of a thing and it might be the worst game of 2023. Yes, even worse than Gollum. Read more
JPEX Scandal Undermines Trust in Crypto Among Hong Kongers, Survey Reveals
17.10.2023
Attitudes toward crypto in Hong Kong have taken a hit, as a new survey reveals a growing aversion to virtual assets in the aftermath of the JPEX scandal.
This shift in sentiment poses significant challenges to Hong Kong's aspirations to establish itself as a global hub for the cryptocurrency...
Hong Kong's OSL Crypto Exchange Explores Sale at $128 Million Valuation
16.10.2023
Hong Kong-based BC Technology Group Ltd. is reportedly in the early stages of considering the sale of its crypto exchange platform OSL.
OSL is one of only two exchanges in Hong Kong licensed under the digital-asset rules introduced by the city in June.
As per the Bloomberg report, BC Technology...
Hong Kong-Based Crypto Exchange OSL's Owner Weighing Sale at $128M Valuation: Bloomberg
16.10.2023
BC Technology may elect to sell parts of OSL's business rather than the whole entity, according to the report, citing people familiar with the matter
Hong Kong Retail Investors More Interested in Crypto Than Ever Before, Reveals SFC Survey
12.10.2023
Hong Kong's retail investors' interest in cryptocurrencies has recorded a significant surge this year, according to a recent survey by the Investor and Financial Education Council (IFEC), a subsidiary of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong’s securities regulator.
The survey...