The government will enact the new legislation to bring issuers of fiat-referencing stablecoins into the regulatory perimeter.
By Simon Hawkins, Adrian Fong, and Sam Maxson
On 17 July 2024, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released the consultation conclusions on their legislative proposal for a regulatory regime governing stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong (Consultation Conclusions). The next day, the HKMA followed with its own press release announcing the first batch