Hong Kong's stablecoin licensing regime takes effect, requiring issuers to get approval from the Monetary Authority, comply with AML protocols, and more
Also, the British weirdness where bank notes are printed by specific banks, rather than government, really needs to end. [embedded post] Forums: r/ethtrader : Hong Kong Kicks Off Stablecoin Licensing...
Business groups, including the Asia Internet Coalition, backed by Amazon, Google, and Meta, criticize Hong Kong's new cyber rules, calling them “unprecedented”
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Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission plans to publish a list of crypto exchange license applicants in the wake of the JPEX crypto exchange probe
Financial Times :
After Hong Kong's police arrested six following allegations of fraud at unlicensed crypto exchange JPEX, the government plans to tighten its crypto regulations
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Hong Kong's security secretary says Google refused to change its search results for Hong Kong's national anthem from a protest song to China's national anthem
Google and Meta restrict the accounts of Hong Kong's sole chief executive candidate, John Lee, citing US sanctions from 2020 on Lee for crushing protests
Google and Meta Platforms Inc. moved on Wednesday to curtail the social media presence of Hong Kong's sole chief executive candidate …
Binance is halting operations for its stock tokens offering, which launched in April and let users buy and sell tokenized stocks of popular stocks like Tesla
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include an announcement from Hong Kong's financial regulator.
Facebook, Twitter, and Google have privately warned Hong Kong's government that they could stop offering services if planned anti-doxxing rules go ahead
Industry group representing companies says proposed anti-doxing rules could put staff based locally at risk of criminal charges
Hong Kong's FSTB says all crypto exchanges operating in HK should be licensed and can only serve professional investors, and promises to propose new regulations
Hong Kong's FSTB says all crypto exchanges operating in HK should be licensed and can only serve professional investors, and promises to propose new regulations
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Hong Kong will have to be licenced by the city's markets regulator …