Hong Kong is poised to enhance its digital asset regulation within the next 18 months, marking a significant step in its mission to become a global hub for financial technology. At the Foresight 2024 annual summit, David Chiu, a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Technology and Innovation), outlined the city’s…

After gathering dust for months, applications to list options on spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are finally getting attention from regulators. Expect BTC ETF options to start trading on United States exchanges this year. Options on Ethereum ETFs will soon follow. Options are contracts that grant the right to buy or sell — “call” or “put” in…

Venezuela’s government has blocked access to crypto exchange Binance, social media platform X and other online services amid unrest over disputed presidential election results. On Aug. 9, local anti-censorship organization VE sin Filtro posted to X that it “detected a DNS block on the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which affects the normal operation of its website and mobile…