Hong Kong speeding up financial market reforms with focus on resilience: Paul Chan

Hong Kong speeding up financial market reforms with focus on resilience: Paul Chan

Hong Kong is accelerating reforms of its financial market by making the sector’s ecosystem more resilient and comprehensive, a minister has said, as the city grapples with geopolitics and a rapidly changing technology-led global landscape. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said on Sunday that Hong Kong would take a two-pronged approach by strengthening its…

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Crypto ETFs set to flood US market as SEC streamlines approvals

Crypto ETFs set to flood US market as SEC streamlines approvals

(Reuters) — Asset managers are lining up to launch cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds, capitalizing on growing excitement around digital assets while getting a boost from looser regulatory requirements to bring products to market. The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s updated standards for ETFs, announced last week, could encourage demand for exchange-traded products tied to cryptocurrencies ranging…

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New rout in bitcoin ripples through crypto world

New rout in bitcoin ripples through crypto world

Nearly all crypto assets are seeing red on Monday, with the total market capitalization for all crypto assets falling below $4 trillion since Sunday evening. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) fell 3%. The second-largest cryptocurrency, ether (ETH-USD), fell 6%. Solana’s (SOL-USD) token is down 7%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) and World Liberty Financial (WLF) are each down 10%. Over Sunday…

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Yunfeng Financial invests US$44 million in ether amid Hong Kong’s virtual asset push

Yunfeng Financial invests US$44 million in ether amid Hong Kong’s virtual asset push

Yunfeng Financial Group, backed by Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma, said it was investing in the cryptocurrency ether as part of its reserve assets, as the company expands into Web3 amid Hong Kong’s digital asset initiative. To date, Hong Kong-listed Yunfeng has invested US$44 million to acquire 10,000 ether for its “strategic reserve”, according…

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Blockchain lender Figure seeks up to $4.1 billion valuation in US IPO

Blockchain lender Figure seeks up to $4.1 billion valuation in US IPO

By Ateev Bhandari and Pritam Biswas (Reuters) -Figure Technologies is targeting a valuation of up to $4.13 billion in its initial public offering, the blockchain lender said on Tuesday, becoming the latest crypto firm to capitalize on revived investor interest in new listings. Renewed regulatory clarity and strong inflows into crypto-focused exchange-traded funds have accelerated…

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