2019-10-7 02:42 |
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has released guidelines for virtual asset portfolio managers
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The weekend saw fresh violence erupting on the streets of Hong Kong as protesters increased their presence and the police amplified their responses. It seems a strange time for regulators to publish a paper on crypto as ATMs on the island nation ran out of cash.
2019-10-7 14:00 | |
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Hong Kong securities authority sets out the first-ever cryptocurrency regulations as asset managers and portfolios invested in virtual assets targeted. The new regulations come at a time the island country is witnessing increased levels of Bitcoin trading as pressure from mainland China intensifies.
2019-10-7 21:37 | |
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Invault, a Shanghai-based cryptocurrency custodian service, recently launched after Hong Kong imposed new regulations on cryptocurrency exchange platforms and fund managers, requiring them to protect and safeguard their clients’ virtual assets, according to South China Morning Post’s on November 25, 2018.
2018-11-27 10:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency custody services company InVault, from Shanghai, has launched in Hong Kong just in time to take advantage of the special administrative region’s new rules for cryptocurrency exchanges and asset managers.
2018-11-25 23:00 | |
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The SFC’s move has come amidst a global push for regulatory frameworks in order to make crypto investments a lot safer and more streamlined. Hong Kong’s New Rules for Crypto Funds Per the new rules, fund managers who invest more than 10 percent of their portfolio in digital assets have to be licensed.
2018-11-2 17:29 | |
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CoinSpeaker Hong Kong Regulator Brings New Rules To Regulate Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Funds The securities watchdog says that the new regulations bring all virtual assets-related activities and fund managers under its regulatory purview.
2018-11-2 10:33 | |
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has claimed that it will include crypto funds under its regulatory umbrella. The SFC issued a statement on November 1, 2018, laying out its new approach for regulating virtual assets in the future.
2018-11-2 00:40 | |
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The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong has announced new plans to regulate the cryptocurrency industry. The regulator issued two circulars on Thursday outlining new rules for crypto exchanges as well as crypto asset portfolio managers, intermediaries, and fund distributors.
2018-11-2 21:15 | |
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Hong Kong’s securities watchdog unveiled new rules for cryptocurrency funds and said it may now regulate crypto exchanges. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said in a statement on November 1 that fund managers that invest more than 10% of their portfolio in crypto assets will need to be licensed. Trading platforms that serve only […]
2018-11-2 15:36 | |
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Life in Venezuela is anything but. Last year, the South American nation of 32 million led the world with 652% inflation and this year the economic turmoil is even worse. As of September 2018, the annual inflation was estimated at 200,000% and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it could spike to a mindboggling 1,000,000% by December.
2018-10-10 22:30 | |
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Seba Crypto AG (SEBA) has raised 100 million Swiss francs ($103 million) for the creation of a regulated bank that lets customers trade fiat for digital currency. The Zug-based startup is headed by former UBS managers Guido Buehler, who serves as CEO, and Andreas Amschwand, who serves as chairman.
2018-9-27 22:14 | |
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