Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission: Bitcoin and Ethereum may be listed on Hong Kong trading platforms

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission said in a consultation paper that it will allow individual investors to trade large-cap tokens on exchanges licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission, provided safeguards such as knowledge tests, risk tolerance assessments and reasonable risk exposure limits are in place. The comment period for the document ends on March 31, with the goal of allowing retail trading under the new licensing regime for cryptocurrency exchanges on June 1. Bitcoin and ethereum, the two largest digital assets by market capitalization, may be listed on trading platforms in Hong Kong, a spokesman for the Securities and Futures Commission said in a briefing.