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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

First JPEX Judgement by a Hong Kong Court in Favor of Customers

K&L Gates LLP on 11/26/2024

On 29 October 2024, the Hong Kong District Court issued the judgment of the first legal action (Chan Wing Yan and Another v. JP-EX Crypto Asset Platform Ltd and Others [2024] HKDC 1628) against JPEX, which the Hong Kong...more

Hong Kong Proposes Regulation of Over-the-Counter Crypto Trading

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/13/2024

On 8 February 2024, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) released a consultation paper on its legislative proposal to introduce a regulatory regime governing over-the-counter (OTC) trading of virtual assets...more

Key Regulatory Developments in Hong Kong and Singapore: November 2020

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/9/2020

Regulators propose new regulations for virtual asset exchanges and enhanced customer identity verification requirements, and launch an innovative commercial data interchange. This blog post summarises key regulatory...more

Cryo-currency? Hong Kong Court grants freezing injunction over bitcoins

Hogan Lovells on 12/5/2019

A Hong Kong court has granted an injunction freezing the assets of a French cryptocurrency trader in a dispute over what happened to bitcoins held in an insolvent trading platform. In Nico Constantijn Antonius Samara v Stive...more

Hong Kong’s SFC Issues Significant Announcements on the Regulation of Virtual Assets

Latham & Watkins LLP on 11/6/2018

The SFC has outlined its regulatory approach to the management and distribution of virtual asset funds and virtual asset exchanges. Key Points: ..Investor protection is paramount and the SFC is taking steps to tighten...more

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