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Hong Kong will open crypto trading activities to retail investors starting June 1, 2023. Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released the results of its consultation paper on regulating crypto assets in the country. In an announcement on May 23, 2023, the financial watchdog said it received 152 submissions from key players in the industry, professional associations, and consultancy firms, greenlighting its proposal to allow licensed crypto exchanges to serve retail...

According to the publication, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), made these rules to expand on the PACTE law. The PACTE law, which initially went into effect back in May, went down in history as one of the foremost comprehensive legal frameworks to guide the crypto sector, in all of Europe.Compliance RequirementsThe new AMF laws have a few mandatory points that interested applicants must meet. The DASP must have a two-year business plan, with specific details on how the business will...