New Licensing Regime Proposed for Crypto Exchanges in Hong Kong

21-02-2023
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong is proposing a new licensing regime for centralized cryptocurrency trading platforms operating in the country.

Updated Cardano SPOs produce 42% of new blocks

06-09-2022
Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), the blockchain company behind the Cardano network, says the long-awaited Vasil hard fork is “inching closer” after revealing three critical indicators that will trigger the mainnet update.

China’s Didi plans to hire Goldman for Hong Kong listing, US delisting

11-12-2021
China's ride-sharing giant Didi Global Inc has been looking to hire Goldman for its slated US delisting and a planned Hang Seng listing

Indonesian courier start-up J&T raises $2.5bn ahead of Hong Kong IPO, valued at $20bn

01-12-2021
Indonesia logistics start-up J&T raises $2.5 billion at its latest funding campaign

TikTok-owner ByteDance mulls Hong Kong IPO by early-2022

10-08-2021
TikTok-owner ByteDance has been exploring an option of a potential Hong Kong IPO as early as by the fourth quarter of 2021

Washington suspends extradition and tax agreement with Hong Kong

21-08-2020
On Wednesday, the US State Dept. said in a statement that the United States had terminated its extradition and tax agreement with Hong Kong

UK to open citizenship path to 3 million Hong Kongers from January

24-07-2020
UK Government of PM Boris Johnson said in a statement on Wednesday that Britain would open up its doors to roughly 3 million Hong Kongers starting from January

Washington to curb visas for Chinese officials over Hong Kong freedom

29-06-2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Friday that the Trump Administration was going to restrict US visas for certain officials of China's ruling Communist Party

UK PM Johnson tells China: We’ll not walk away from Hong Kong people

05-06-2020
Late on Wednesday, the UK PM Boris Johnson had echoed the leads of Trump Administration on Hong Kong issue and submissively threatened China to step back from imposing the National Security Law

HK officials lash out on US as Trump sets to suspend Hong Kong’s special status

31-05-2020
As US & HK officials were trading fresh barbs over a latest US move to cancel the preferential status of Hong Kong, Security Minister John Lee said that the island city would leap forward with a planned law despite US pressure