Hong Kong

News on licensing, exchange hubs, virtual asset rules, and the city’s evolving role in digital finance.

Photorealistic Solana coin in official teal-to-purple gradient hovers above Victoria Harbour with a glowing magenta-cyan light trail, set against Hong Kong’s bright skyline (IFC and Central) under a warm high-key sky.

Hong Kong’s first spot Solana ETF goes live – what it means for flows

As Solana joins Bitcoin and Ethereum in Hong Kong’s ETF lineup, the launch could reshape liquidity and price discovery for SOL across Asian and global markets.

3 months ago

A photorealistic Hong Kong waterfront scene shows a classical bank building spilling glowing coins into Victoria Harbour toward a luminous BNB Chain emblem floating over the skyline, symbolizing a massive money market fund moving on-chain.

RWA

$3.8B fund tokenized on BNB marks China’s boldest RWA move yet

China Merchants Bank’s Hong Kong unit moves a money market product onto BNB Chain. What it means for custody, redemptions, and ETH/SOL competition.

4 months ago

three glowing teal streams of Bitcoin coins flowing into a matte steel vault inside a Hong Kong high-rise office at sunset, symbolizing DDC’s rapid treasury accumulation.

Digital Asset Treasuries

DDC Enterprise accelerates Bitcoin treasury plans with third purchase in a week

The NYSE-listed food conglomerate purchased 100 Bitcoin in its third purchase this week amid plans to build a $1.2 billion treasury.

4 months ago

Glowing green and gold arrows move Bitcoin into and out of a glass fund cube beside marble columns, with converging spread arrows and a scale-and-% tax motif to signal effects on spreads, taxes, and flows.

Digital Asset Treasuries

$1B Asia Bitcoin treasury play: AsiaStrategy starts with 30 BTC, taps Anchorage

Can Anchorage’s U.S.–Singapore rails spark an Asian wave of BTC treasuries?

4 months ago

Neon-lit Hong Kong skyline with Chainlink, UBS, and DigiFT logos linked by glowing smart-contract rails to tokenized fund cubes and a vault, symbolizing automated distribution under Cyberport

Technology

Chainlink, UBS, and DigiFT team up to automate tokenized funds in Hong Kong

The new framework is set to demonstrate how blockchain can revolutionize the global $132 trillion asset management industry.

5 months ago

Stacks of US dollar bills are shown converting into Ethereum coins inside a vault, symbolizing the flow of capital into ETH investments - Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate.

Crypto

Jack Ma-backed Yunfeng Financial dives into Ethereum for corporate treasury transformation

Yunfeng's ETH purchase signals a strategic shift toward Web3, aiming to diversify corporate finance beyond traditional currencies.

5 months ago

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Adoption

Solana, BNB, Ethereum to get $1.75B injection as global companies accelerate crypto treasury buys

A Hong Kong bank, a U.S. small cap and new funds pile into multi-chain assets.

5 months ago

Stablecoins

Hong Kong regulators warn against hype-driven stablecoin market swings

HKMA and SFC urged investors to exercise caution amid speculative stablecoin-linked claims in a joint statement issued Aug. 14.

6 months ago

Analysis

Bitcoin difficulty predicted to fall 5% as hashrate dips

Hashrate instability sets the stage for significant decline in Bitcoin network's mining difficulty.

6 months ago

Stablecoins

Hong Kong says no stablecoin licenses issued yet, warns of legal risks for impostors

Hong Kong invites stablecoin issuers for licensing as new regulations set to take effect.

6 months ago

People

CZ threatens to sue Bloomberg over report linking Binance to Trump-backed USD1 stablecoin

A Bloomberg report claimed that Binance developed the smart contract code powering USD1 stablecoin; CZ dismissed it as “another hit piece.”

7 months ago

Stablecoins

Hong Kong activates stablecoin licensing on August 1 in major digital asset push

Hong Kong aims to strengthen investor protection and market stability with its upcoming requirement for stablecoins to have full reserve backing.

7 months ago