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Hong Kong to get world’s first tokenised money-market ETFs from Bosera, HashKey
Bosera HKD Money Market ETF and USD Money Market ETF, which have been approved by the SFC, are set to launch in April.
28 Mar 2025 - 3:09PM
Cryptocurrency
Most memecoins will end up ‘worthless’, Ark Investment CEO Cathie Wood says
19 Mar 2025 - 2:56PM
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin, ether stagger as US stock sell-off weighs on cryptocurrencies
11 Mar 2025 - 2:38PM
Blockchain
Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood says Web3 is on track as finance firms move in
Wood’s newer project Polkadot is focused on scaling decentralised applications, with many developers coming from China.
26 Mar 2025 - 9:21PM
Ethereum and Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood. Photo: Matt Haldane
Digital currencies
Hong Kong’s dollar peg seen as advantage amid stablecoin growth
Stablecoin transactions are now a fifth of all cryptocurrency transactions, and they make it easier to transact in US dollar-backed assets.
26 Mar 2025 - 9:32PM
Digital currencies
Trump wants the US to be the world’s crypto capital. Will China take notice?
The global impact of Trump’s cryptocurrency reserve and a White House summit on the asset will be watched, analysts say.
9 Mar 2025 - 10:03PM
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Bitcoin value dives as uncertainty grips global cryptocurrency market
Weighing on cryptocurrency prices was the Trump administration’s imposition of 25 per cent tariffs against Canada and Mexico.
4 Mar 2025 - 6:24PM
After jumping on US President Donald Trump’s talk of creating a national cryptocurrency reserve, bitcoin and similar digital assets dove in the face of concerns it might not actually happen. Photo: Shutterstock
Blockchain
Bitcoin up after Trump names cryptocurrencies in strategic reserve
The world’s largest cryptocurrency is up by more than 20 per cent from the November lows.
3 Mar 2025 - 10:24AM
Blockchain
Hong Kong launches first retail tokenised money market fund in Web3 push
ChinaAMC’s Hong Kong dollar-denominated fund launched on the cryptocurrency exchange OSL and securities brokerage Solomon on Friday.
28 Feb 2025 - 5:00PM
Digital currencies
US securities regulator files to dismiss Coinbase lawsuit
A court has separately paused the SEC’s lawsuit against Binance after a joint request, citing implications of the agency’s new crypto task force.
28 Feb 2025 - 1:42PM
Blockchain
Bitcoin slides below US$90,000 as cryptocurrency sell-off hastens
Tumbling crypto prices mirror a broader retreat from risky assets, while sentiment has also soured following a hack targeting exchange Bybit.
26 Feb 2025 - 10:01AM
Bitcoin has retreated from a peak following the election of Donald Trump as US president. Photo: dpa
Digital currencies
Crypto exchange Bybit, hit by largest crypto theft ever, stokes sell-off
After exchange operator loses ether from a cold wallet in a North Korea-linked attack, bitcoin and ether fall as industry enthusiasm wanes.
25 Feb 2025 - 8:00PM
Digital currencies
OKX crypto exchange operator enters US$505 million guilty plea, US says
Prosecutors said that from 2018 through early 2024, OKX was used to facilitate more than US$5 billion in suspicious transactions and criminal proceeds.
25 Feb 2025 - 12:10PM
Banking & finance
Crypto derivatives missing from Hong Kong’s virtual-asset push, Deribit says
Dubai-based exchange aims to expand in the city as the regulator is set to consider letting professional investors trade crypto derivatives.
24 Feb 2025 - 7:30AM
Blockchain
Consensus Hong Kong: regulators seek ‘global liquidity’ in crypto amid Web3 push
The SFC licensed its first international crypto exchange on Tuesday as it courts global business at major Web3 conference.
20 Feb 2025 - 9:27AM
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Physical representations of bitcoin seen at Consensus Hong Kong, organised by CoinDesk, at the Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Blockchain
Tokenisation a ‘defining trend’ in Hong Kong, official says at Consensus
Tokenisation will be ‘profoundly transformative’, Secretary for Financial Services Christopher Hui said, as companies pile into the burgeoning business.
19 Feb 2025 - 9:00AM
Digital currencies
Consensus building: crypto conference arrives in Hong Kong amid Web3 changes
Hong Kong is leaning into its role in traditional finance as it courts Web3 enthusiasts to the city for CoinDesk’s Consensus Hong Kong.
17 Feb 2025 - 7:16AM
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Smartphones
Apple partners with Alibaba in AI as Chinese rivals embrace DeepSeek
DeepSeek has become the top AI choice for Chinese Android smartphone makers from Huawei to Vivo, as Alibaba scores Apple as local partner.
13 Feb 2025 - 8:51PM
Customers test an iPhone at an Apple store in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
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Friends and family mourn American-Chinese artist Rutherford Chang
The artist, a scion of Taiwan’s Advanced Semiconductor Engineering family who died aged 45, remembered as ‘warm’ and ‘endlessly curious’.
13 Feb 2025 - 4:19PM
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Blockchain
Binance seeks pause in legal battle as Trump draws up crypto policy
The parties say the SEC’s new task force on cryptocurrency regulations may ‘impact and facilitate the potential resolution of this case’.
12 Feb 2025 - 11:07AM
Digital currencies
Tencent-backed WeBank eyes Web3 expansion in Hong Kong
WeBank chief information officer Henry Ma said the virtual bank will be “deeply involved” in developing Hong Kong’s Web3 infrastructure.
1 Feb 2025 - 7:00AM
Digital currencies
Hong Kong bitcoin ETFs could open to some mainland investors under new measures
New rules further opening up China’s financial markets could give some mainlanders access to cryptocurrency investment products for the first time.
23 Jan 2025 - 6:30PM
Hong Kong’s bitcoin exchange-traded funds have so far been off limits to mainland investors, but some see hope in new measures aimed at financial opening in the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Shutterstock
Blockchain
Trump’s meme coin draws billions in crypto trading volume
Major exchanges like Coinbase and Binance say they intend to list Trump’s token on their platform, while Melania also unveiled a coin.
20 Jan 2025 - 9:58AM
Blockchain
Trump plans to make cryptocurrency a national priority, sources say
The US president-elect plans to release an executive order to advocate for the crypto industry’s policy priorities, according to sources.
17 Jan 2025 - 1:30PM
Blockchain
BitMEX fined US$100 million for violating anti-money-laundering laws
Prosecutors accuse BitMEX and its founders of failing to adopt anti-money-laundering and “know your customer” programmes.
16 Jan 2025 - 11:01AM
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