Digital Assets
and Blockchain

HKMA Executive Director Chu on the transformational impacts of DLT on banks

SFC launches trading initiatives to boost digital asset market vibrancy in Hong Kong

Hong Kong SFC issues circular on permitting VATPs to accept affiliated market makers

Public consultation on regulating virtual asset advisory service providers and virtual asset management service providers

Hong Kong and UAE sign memorandum of understanding to strengthen cross-border digital asset collaboration

Hong Kong SFC issues circular setting out deadlines for licensed firms to transition to new suspicious transactions reporting platform

The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, January 2026

Hong Kong: FSTB and SFC publish consultation conclusions on legislative proposals for regulating virtual asset dealing and custodian services

Hong Kong SFC issues circular on prevention of potential layering activities in money laundering

Hong Kong Monetary Authority launches pilot phase of Project Ensemble

Hong Kong SFC circular on shared liquidity by virtual asset trading platforms

Hong Kong SFC circular on expansion of products and services of virtual asset trading platforms

Winds of Change: The digital assets dialogues, Episode 4 – Policy and digital money, with Will Paul of Block

Winds of Change: The Digital Assets Dialogues, Episode 3 – Digital transformation in institutional markets with Barnali Biswal of Hilbert Group

Winds of Change: The Digital Assets Dialogues, Episode 2 – US developments, with former US senator Krysten Sinema and Elise Soucie Watts, Executive Director at GDF

Winds of Change: The Digital Assets Dialogues, Episode 1 with Hogan Lovells partners John Salmon and Sharon Lewis, and Lawrence Wintermeyer of Global Digital Finance