Hong Kong: Fin Tech

As digital currencies continue to gain popularity worldwide, Hong Kong has enacted the Stablecoins Ordinance (Cap. 656) ("SCO"), ushering in a new era for digital asset regulation.

Impact investments are financial investments made with the deliberate intention to generate positive, measurable social or environmental outcomes alongside a financial return.

As digital currencies continue to gain popularity worldwide, Hong Kong has enacted the Stablecoins Ordinance (Cap. 656) ("SCO"), ushering in a new era for digital asset regulation.

On 7 April 2025, the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") issued circular 25EC22 setting out its regulatory approach to the provision of staking services by SFC-licensed virtual asset ("VA") trading platforms ("VATPs") to their clients.

Stablecoins, digital currencies pegged to other conventional assets like fiat money or commodities, have become widely used in areas ranging from cross-border payments and remittances to decentralized finance.

With the passage of the Stablecoins Ordinance (the "Ordinance") on May 21, 2025, Hong Kong has taken a big step forward to protect its digital asset market.

On 2 November 2023, Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular addressing the participation of intermediaries in tokenized securities-related activities (the Circular).

Since the new licensing regime for virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs) came into effect on 1 June 2023, allowing retail access to VATP services...

Recently in the Family Court, the judge had to decide on questions of non-disclosure of crypto investments and whether the crypto investments by the husband amounted to 'wanton' or 'reckless' spending.