Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto / Digital Assets

Hong Kong Considering Tax Breaks to Promote Virtual Asset Market

By Manesh Samtani | 30/10/2024

Christopher Hui said the government will introduce further tax concessions for fund managers and family offices to promote the development of certain asset classes, including virtual assets.

Crypto / Digital Assets

BOCHK Becomes First Bank to Use mBridge to Automate Remittances

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/10/2024

BOCHK says it has completed the first fully automated cross-border remittance via mBridge and will continue to do so for selected corporate customers.

Market Infrastructure

SFC, Exchanges See Blockchain as New Capital Market Backbone

By Georgina Lee | 30/10/2024

Hong Kong now looking at commercialising tokenised instruments to help address the pain points of the traditional financial market, said the SFC’s Elizabeth Wong.

Crypto / Digital Assets

BIS and APAC Central Banks Release Results of Project Mandala

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/10/2024

Project Mandala demonstrated that jurisdiction-specific regulatory requirements can be embedded in cross-border transaction protocols.

Fintech / Regtech

HKMA Establishes Tokenisation Partnerships with Thailand, Brazil

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/10/2024

The HKMA will collaborate with the central banks of Thailand and Brazil to explore cross-border tokenisation use cases, leveraging the Project Ensemble sandbox.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Central Banks Explore Multiple CBDC Uses as e-CNY Faces Roadblocks

By Georgina Lee | 29/10/2024

While China largely focuses on retail payments for its CBDC, other central banks are exploring use cases involving tokenised real estate investments and DeFi transactions.

Crypto / Digital Assets

HK Bank Completes ‘First-of-its-Kind’ Sandbox Test Using Tokenised Deposits

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/10/2024

The simulation covered trading of the tokenised fund unit for its institutional clients and cross-bank settlement using tokenised deposits.

Big Picture

Banks, Central Banks Expect Tokenised Assets to “Leapfrog” in Asia

By Georgina Lee | 28/10/2024

Banks are actively exploring tokenisation use cases in Asia, saying the region has greater potential for the technology than Western countries.

Crypto / Digital Assets

HKEX to Launch Virtual Asset Index Series on 15 November

By Editors | 28/10/2024

HKEX said the index series will provide pricing benchmarks for Bitcoin and Ether in the Asian time zone which can be used for the settlement of financial products.