Hong Kong

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

A masked attacker confronts a crypto holder with a wrench in front of a Bitcoin symbol, illustrating rising 2025 crypto kidnappings and “$5-wrench” attacks targeting doxxed investors.

Are you doxxed? Crypto holders are now primary targets for violent gangs using one specific data overlap to locate homes

Criminals are bypassing encryption by exploiting a single overlooked privacy gap that instantly exposes your home address.

2 weeks ago

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.

ETF

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.

2 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.

2 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.

DAT

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.

2 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.

DAT

$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?

3 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.

3 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.

4 months ago

Stacks of Solana, Ethereum, and Binance Coin are shown inside a secure vault, symbolizing growing corporate crypto treasury allocations - Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate. Image includes combined content which may include AI-generated content

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.

4 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.

4 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.

5 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.

5 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.”

5 months ago

Bitcoin just flashed a rare capitulation signal that historically triggers a violent rally

JP Morgan’s move to Ethereum proves Wall Street is quietly hijacking the digital dollar from crypto natives

YouTube is now paying creators in crypto, offering a $100B path to finally exit banks

Bitcoin ETFs are 60% underwater, creating a $100 billion distressed house of cards

Crypto investors gain critical protection in bankruptcy, even as a “conservative” rule threatens liquidity

Over $17 trillion missing when on-chain “proof of reserve” standards are applied to Trump’s tariff data

Hyperliquid is erasing $1 billion in token supply, but the market is still punishing the wrong metric

Tokenized US Treasuries just broke DeFi’s most sacred rule, and the $9 billion consequence is irreversible

X claims the right to share your private AI chats with everyone under new rules – no opt out

Hong Kong

Are you doxxed? Crypto holders are now primary targets for violent gangs using one specific data overlap to locate homes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hong Kong regulators warn against hype-driven stablecoin market swings

Bitcoin difficulty predicted to fall 5% as hashrate dips

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

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

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Ripple’s XRP omitted from Hong Kong regulator’s approved list of cryptos

Hong Kong legalizes crypto trading sparking outcry from Brian Armstrong

Hong Kong authorities issue public alert about fraudulent crypto exchange masquerading as MEXC Global

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Hong Kong

Are you doxxed? Crypto holders are now primary targets for violent gangs using one specific data overlap to locate homes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hong Kong regulators warn against hype-driven stablecoin market swings

Bitcoin difficulty predicted to fall 5% as hashrate dips

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

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

Ripple’s XRP omitted from Hong Kong regulator’s approved list of cryptos

Hong Kong legalizes crypto trading sparking outcry from Brian Armstrong

Hong Kong authorities issue public alert about fraudulent crypto exchange masquerading as MEXC Global

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