2019-11-7 11:00 |
Only one financial fund has passed Hong Kong's framework for digital asset investments.
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Hong Kong announced a progressive policy implementation last year that would allow fund managers to invest in crypto assets. This hasn’t produced expected results as only one fund has been confirmed to have cleared the regulatory hurdles set by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).
2019-11-7 18:00 | |
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Opt-in based framework; limited impact expected. Still PI only. Overview Hong Kong is stepping up its efforts to formally regulate cryptocurrency exchanges in the city. The Securities and Futures Commission just released a newly drafted regulatory framework, which allows the securities watchdog to issue licenses to crypto trading platforms.
2019-11-6 16:15 | |
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A few days ago, the crypto community went crazy after news surfaced that people in Hong Kong were trading massive amounts of Bitcoin at jaw-dropping prices. This might be signaling a potential interest in cryptocurrencies as a hedging strategy amid a political and economic crisis that is affecting not only that region but all of […] The post Bitcoin Didn’t Spike in Hong Kong Because of Politics, Analyst Concludes appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2019-10-7 10:18 | |
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Google Play Store has a malware problem. And it doesn’t seem to go away despite the company’s best efforts to rein in sketchy apps. In a yet another instance of Android adware, New Zealand-based independent security researcher Andy Michael found four Android VPN apps with cumulative downloads of over 500 million that not only serve ads while running the background, but are also placed outside the apps, including the home screen.
2019-9-20 14:53 | |
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The negative Yielding Debt continues to increase and analysts say that this is good news for the adoption of Bitcoin. The escalating U. S. -China trade war, political tensions in Italy, Hong Kong and Argentina and disappointing economic data from China to Germany have fueled demand for haven securities this month.
2019-9-1 19:34 | |
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Bets against the Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) have spiked with chances it falls in the next six months at 55%, up significantly from just 13% only last month. Option traders... The post Market Bets Spike on 70% Chance Hong Kong Dollar Peg to Dive appeared first on Trustnodes.
2019-8-19 16:42 | |
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Venezuela appears to be leveraging cryptocurrencies as part of a larger effort to bypass US sanctions. According to an investigation by Spanish newspaper ABC, President Nicolas Maduro and his administration are using a digital wallet app called Jetman Pay to convert tax revenue from one of the country’s main airports into Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
2019-7-26 14:02 | |
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Fusang Group, a Hong Kong-based provider of institutional infrastructure for the Asian Blockchain economy, has confirmed its strategic partnership with Point95 Global and Proxicoin. Although they agreed a while ago, it was only until on Tuesday that the company made it public.
2019-7-17 19:11 | |
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Bitcoin mining giant, Bitmain, has allegedly completed the signing of employee options and will shortly undergo its initial public offering (IPO). Bitmain Revives ‘$500M’ IPO According to unnamed sources speaking to Chinese-language news outlet, Jiemian, Bitmain finished the signing late last month.
2019-7-5 19:00 | |
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Bitcoin could be boosted by the current political unrest Hong Kong as the upper and middle classes are reportedly starting to move their assets offshore. Hong Kong Begins Moving Wealth Offshore Fears over the hated extradition bill, whose introduction the Hong Kong government has only suspended but declined to withdraw, are causing the wealthy to start moving their capital from Hong Kong to offshore.
2019-6-15 22:00 | |
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CoinCola is a Hong Kong-based Over-the-Counter trading and exchange with fast service delivery. It does not only offer over the counter trading but it also facilitates coin-to-coin pair trading. It is one of the few exchanges that allow users to buy cryptocurrencies using their local fiat currencies and gift cards.
2019-5-24 08:18 | |
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In its April 2019 Exchange Review, released on May 20, 2019, London-based crypto data analysis firm CryptoCompare found that fiat-to-crypto exchanges performed much better than crypto-to-crypto platforms did over the last month, as cryptocurrency prices rose across the board.
2019-5-21 20:48 | |
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Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.
2019-4-27 22:07 | |
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Within the sphere of traditional finance, at least, crypto has a custody problem. The problem? Crypto is complicated, security is tricky and — if we’re being frank — the suits don’t know a bit from a byte (or a blockchain from a cloud server).
2019-4-12 22:03 | |
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Cardano, the cryptocurrency developed by Inside Outside Hong Kong (IOHK) and CEO Charles Hoskinson, has developed a significant amount of interest in the crypto space since breaking onto the market in November 2017.
2019-4-5 02:17 | |
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Recently, China’s Beijing Finance Industry Association released a notice saying that all individuals and banks must stop engaging in… The post Hong Kong: ICO & STO Only For The Rich Investors With At Least $1M In Portfolio – The Type Of Regulation Crypto Really Needs? appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-4-1 10:37 | |
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will no longer let its citizens invest in STOs–unless they have at least $1 million. STOs for ‘Professional Investors’ Only in Hong Kong In what they call a move to protect investors, Hong Kong’s financial watchdog clarified its position on STOs yesterday.
2019-3-29 21:00 | |
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When I first heard about the Apple Watch Series 4’s electrocardiogram (ECG) feature, I was sceptical. Tech companies meddling in healthcare leaves me feeling cold, you only have to look at the saga of Theranos to understand why.
2019-3-28 18:04 | |
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Fresh off the heels of resuming trading on several exchanges, IlCoin has reached an agreement to list ILCoin on the Hong Kong-based Bit-Z cryptocurrency exchange. After ceasing trading ILC on a number of exchanges to update its source code, IlCoin has successfully forked and is resuming trading.
2019-3-15 22:34 | |
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GSR To Cut Overstock’s tZERO Investment By 75%, From $404 Million To $100 Million USD A Hong Kong-based private equity company called GSR Capital has decided to diminish its investment in Overstock’s tZERO by an incredible 75%.
2019-3-2 21:32 | |
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The world’s largest maker of cryptocurrency mining equipment Bitmain made a $0. 5 billion loss in 2018’s Q3, CoinDesk reports. Citing a source who viewed an update that was filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange the publication also reported that Bitmain generated revenues of more than $3 billion during the first three quarters of 2018 with only $200 million being generated in Q3.
2019-2-19 16:53 | |
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Switzerland is an international bitcoin and blockchain mecca, known for its crypto culture and concentration of crypto businesses. Now, it is the new home to 21 Lectures, a school for bitcoin developers founded by Lucas Betschart.
2019-2-12 00:24 | |
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A settlements platform has unveiled a new scheme to encourage cross-border transactions. Hong Kong-based Bitspark announced earlier today that users of their payments network will be rewarded in Zephyr (ZEPH) tokens every time they send an international fiat transaction.
2019-1-22 23:32 | |
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You might remember Wong Ching-Kit, the self-styled Bitcoin ‘millionaire’ behind last month’s outlandish publicity stunt, which saw thousands of dollars rain from the sky in one of Hong Kong‘s poorest neighbourhoods.
2019-1-7 16:57 | |
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An interesting “act of kindness” was witnessed on Saturday, as Hong Kong’s Bitcoin millionaire, Wong Ching Kit – who is also referred to as “Mr Coin” – threw millions in Hong Kong Dollars from a rooftop reports News BTC.
2018-12-17 08:26 | |
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Over the past 72 hours, bomb threats attempting to extort Bitcoin (BTC) from business owners and governmental agencies have taken the world by storm, affecting thousands across Canada, the U. S. , and New Zealand.
2018-12-16 11:06 | |
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Statum Global is a company that works as an MLM cryptocurrency scam. According to some information provided by the firm, they are located out of Hong Kong and Eathan Cheng seems to be the founder. According to a report made by Behind MLM, there is no information about Cheng and that it is only related […]
2018-12-7 01:54 | |
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As chairman and co-founder of the Social Alpha Foundation (SAF), Nydia Zhang has left a solid mark on the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, though, as a young art student at the University of Washington in 2011, blockchain was far from the direction she saw her life taking.
2018-12-6 18:13 | |
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New Korean Finance Minister To Tax Cryptos Taxes are currently a very hot issue in Asia. Not only Japan has recently affirmed that it would change the way that it would regulate taxes, but South Korea is also now following the same path as its neighbor.
2018-12-5 23:43 | |
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Stanford graduate student Kaidi Cao will join fellow AI researchers Jing Liao, of City University of Hong Kong, and Lu Yuan of Microsoft at SIGGRAPH Asia in Tokyo this December to present their incredible caricature-drawing neural network.
2018-11-21 02:34 | |
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The Hong Kong based crypto and blockchain startup of Crypto. com announced that it was planning on expanding its prepaid VISA cards to the United States. The MCO Visa Cards are currently only available to residents of Singapore but this is about to change as the Metropolitan Commercial Bank will be rolling out the card service […] The post Crypto.
2018-11-18 20:29 | |
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Canaan Creative recently applied for an initial public offering over six months ago in Hong Kong, but it does not seem like they met the requirements within the timeframe allotted. Considering that these applications are only good for six months through HKEX, it is possible that this IPO may ultimately be delayed. On the HKEX […]
2018-11-15 21:16 | |
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What was once the second largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by volume, BTCC, is shutting down its mining pool later this month. The Hong Kong-based exchange issued a notice today (spotted by CoinDesk) stating that it will shutdown its mining pool on November 15, and bring an end to its operations entirely on November 30.
2018-11-6 16:42 | |
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Hong Kong unveiled a new set of regulations aimed at governing the local cryptocurrency trading and funding market in a move that seeks to improve investor protection and the city’s status as a premier financial hub.
2018-11-3 13:00 | |
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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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The Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange, OKEx, announced on October 25, it will be delisting more than 50 underperforming trading pairs. Delisting Will Only Affect Trading Pairs – Users Can Still Keep Their Assets According to the press release, the exchange plans to remove trading pairs with weak liquidity and trading volume, based on the “OKEx Token […] OKEx Delists More Than Fifty Underperforming Trading Pairs From Its Platform was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-10-30 15:59 | |
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Glassdoor Economic Research is delivering much needed good news to the crypto community saying that despite extreme price volatility and regulatory uncertainty, the number of crypto jobs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector has risen by 300 percent since the same time last year.
2018-10-19 21:27 | |
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Hong Kong’s financial watchdog is looking to tighten investor protection by regulating cryptocurrency trading platforms. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), however, is limited by its legal regulatory reach of securities only, according to Carlson Tong Ka-shing, the outgoing chairman.
2018-10-16 02:30 | |
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Digital assets platform OKEx has added four stablecoins to its listed assets. According to a support notice published by OKEx, the Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange says that TrustToken's TrueUSD (TUSD), Circle's USDCoin (USDC), the Gemini Dollar (GUSD) and Paxos Standard Token (PAX) are now live on the platform.
2018-10-16 22:42 | |
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The noise that surrounds economic relations between the United States and China is amping up exponentially. You can thank the latest trade wars for that, as fresh tensions boil over between the two nations who are currently trading new tariffs on imports, with no shortage of ill will underpinning the moves.
2018-10-10 23:38 | |
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Top-three cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is pushing back against claims that call its solvency into question. The Hong Kong-based company released a blog post on October 7, 2017, that states, contrary to recent rumors, it is not insolvent.
2018-10-9 00:43 | |
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Bitmain, the biggest company in bitcoin mining, has filed for its IPO in Hong Kong. As part of the approval process, the company submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong stock exchange at the end of August 2018.
2018-9-28 23:08 | |
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Looking at a snapshot of the top cryptocurrency markets by market capitalization from the 25th of September 2016 shows that whilst the three largest markets remain the same, only two other cryptocurrencies still retain their top ten ranking today.
2018-9-27 06:15 | |
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The founder of cryptocurrency exchange OKEx was detained for questioning on September 10, 2018, by Shanghai police to investigate a case of suspected digital currency fraud related to WFee coin.
2018-9-12 23:42 | |
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Japanese telecom giant SoftBank has denied media reports of its involvement in a pre-IPO funding round of bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Bitmain. Last week, several media outlets had reported that SoftBank and Chinese internet giant Tencent were leading a pre-IPO funding round for Bitmain.
2018-8-21 18:03 | |
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A Hong Kong man skeptical of the cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, paid a visit to its registered address in Hong Kong, only to find that it doesn’t actually exist. Communication Breakdown In a recent post on Medium, Jackson Wong from Hong Kong wrote about his experience visiting the KuCoin offices in Hong Kong — or rather not visiting, as he found barely a trace of the company in its registered HK location.
2018-8-12 10:30 | |
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Компания Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) запустила вторую тестовую сеть для виртуальной машины IELE для блокчейна Cardano. Find out more about the second #Cardano testnet for the IELE virtual machine.
2018-8-1 13:34 | |
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Bitmain — the largest and most established manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining chips — is considering an IPO, or initial public offering. This could potentially open the company’s books to the world and allow the stock market to assign the company real-time value.
2018-6-11 01:34 | |
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Комиссия по ценным бумагам и фьючерсам Гонконга (SFC) обнародовала перечень криптовалютных бирж, имеющих право претендовать на получение лицензии для деятельности в этом специальном регионе КНР.
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has recently raised concerns over Bybit, marking it as a platform of suspicion. This move comes amid a broader regulatory push within Hong Kong to oversee and regulate the crypto market.
Гонконгское подразделение HTX отозвало свою заявку на работу в качестве «платформы для торговли виртуальными активами», предлагающей услуги розничной торговли, сообщается на веб-сайте местного регулятора.
Over the past three years, the number of crimes involving virtual assets in Hong Kong has almost tripled. According to a local media report, Financial Services and Treasury Minister Hui Ching-yu said that the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission…
In a Nov. 24 announcement, the Hong Kong-based securities firm Victory Securities has shared the news that it has secured official approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to offer virtual asset trading and consulting services to…
Hong Kong’s securities regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), may allow retail investors to buy spot crypto ETFs. Bloomberg, citing SFC CEO Julia Leung, writes that the regulator welcomes proposals using innovative technologies that improve efficiency and quality of…
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the independent statutory body tasked with regulating the securities and futures markets, has released two circulars aimed at overseeing the tokenization of digital assets.