- Hong Kong lawmaker Chiu Duncan says legislators are actively consulting on clear guidelines for matters stablecoins.
- He hopes that stablecoin clarity will make Hong Kong a digital asset hub.
- It comes days after a legislator vehemently defended against Vitalik Buterin questioning the region’s crypto-friendliness.
A Hong Kong legislator has indicated that lawmakers are in the front row seats as the region pushes toward becoming a center for digital assets. They are keen on presenting the city as one with stable policies and crypto-related strategies and regulations successfully going through major social consensus and complete procedures.
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Hong Kong legislators lead region’s crypto adoption campaign
Hong Kong lawmaker Chiu Duncan spoke during the Shanghai International Blockchain Week that legislators are in the second round of consultation on matters relating to stablecoins. This is part of their individual and joint efforts to set clear guidance on stablecoins, with an estimated target of around June 2024.
Hong Kong lawmaker Chiu Duncan said in Shanghai that lawmakers are currently conducting a second round of consultation on stablecoins. He hopes that guidance on stablecoins can be issued in the middle of next year, allowing companies to come to Hong Kong to issue stablecoins; he…
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) September 19, 2023
According to Duncan, clarity in this space would draw in firms to visit Hong Kong and issue stablecoins, with the prospect that the Hong Kong digital dollar, stablecoin, and asset tokenization would take center stage in driving the city to becoming a digital assets hub both regionally and globally.
Duncan’s assertions echo those of Johnny Ng, another legislator who boldly defended Hong Kong’s position in matters of crypto. The lawmaker challenged Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s claims that crypto-friendliness in the country was neither here nor there.
I don’t understand Hong Kong well…I understand even less the complicated interaction between Hong Kong and the mainland lately.
Hong Kong welcomes global compliance companies
Hong Kong lawmaker Johnny Ng wants Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin to visit the city for first-hand experience of the region’s effective and efficient cryptocurrency environment. Specifically, he touts the Chinese city as one with stable policies with crypto-related strategies and regulations successfully going through major social consensus and complete procedures.
昨天就以太坊創始人Vitalik Buterin分享關於在香港發展虛擬資產項目 (Cryptocurrencies Project) 的看法，我尊重他的發言權利，但同時認為他不了解和不:認識香港的情況。我有以下邀請和看法:
1. 我現誠意邀請Vitalik先生來香港了解情況。我願意協調相關的機構和企業向其分享香港的情況。
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— Johnny Ng 吴杰庄 (@Johnny_nkc) September 15, 2023
More interestingly, Ng highlights that Hong Kong has room to formulate policies on virtual assets, adding that it welcomes global compliance companies to develop their businesses in the region.
Yesterday, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin shared his views on the development of virtual asset projects (Cryptocurrencies Project) in Hong Kong. I respect his right to speak, but at the same time, I think he does not understand and do not understand the situation in Hong Kong.
Buterin had expressed concern over the city’s crypto-friendliness. Coming to the city’s defense, Ng hails Hong Kong as a “special administrative region with complete procedures for formulating policies and laws.” Further, he explains the city’s policy and legislation processes highlight that extensive consultation takes place, with both government and the public participating.
With these, it appears legislators are taking the initiative in driving Hong Kong’s crypto adoption campaign, challenging the situation in the US, as we know it, where there is a clear partisan divide and the direction and position of digital assets in the national economy.
Cryptocurrency metrics FAQs
The developer or creator of each cryptocurrency decides on the total number of tokens that can be minted or issued. Only a certain number of these assets can be minted by mining, staking or other mechanisms. This is defined by the algorithm of the underlying blockchain technology. Since its inception, a total of 19,445,656 BTCs have been mined, which is the circulating supply of Bitcoin. On the other hand, circulating supply can also be decreased via actions such as burning tokens, or mistakenly sending assets to addresses of other incompatible blockchains.
Market capitalization is the result of multiplying the circulating supply of a certain asset by the asset’s current market value. For Bitcoin, the market capitalization at the beginning of August 2023 is above $570 billion, which is the result of the more than 19 million BTC in circulation multiplied by the Bitcoin price around $29,600.
Trading volume refers to the total number of tokens for a specific asset that has been transacted or exchanged between buyers and sellers within set trading hours, for example, 24 hours. It is used to gauge market sentiment, this metric combines all volumes on centralized exchanges and decentralized exchanges. Increasing trading volume often denotes the demand for a certain asset as more people are buying and selling the cryptocurrency.
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