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According to the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary and Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, stated that gold can serve as a potential bridge between traditional finance and new finance. He emphasized that Hong Kong needs to provide more development opportunities for the digital asset market to support its sustainable growth. He also noted that, given the “convergence” trend between traditional and innovative finance, Hong Kong has opted not to establish a separate digital asset regulatory authority. Hui pointed out that both gold ETFs and blockchain-based tokenized gold products are already available in the market. Earlier, HSBC and Hang Seng Investment launched Hong Kong’s first tokenized, non-listed Hang Seng Gold ETF product on HashKey Exchange in April.
Today, Asian Private Banker announced the winners of its 11th Annual Technology Awards for 2025. HashKey Exchange—the largest* licensed digital asset exchange in Hong Kong—has once again been awarded the “Best Digital Assets Solution” award. Asian Private Banker is a leading authority in Asia-Pacific wealth management. Its “Best Digital Assets Solution” award recognizes outstanding platforms that deliver optimal digital asset trading and investment solutions to private banks, wealth management institutions, and ultra-high- or high-net-worth individuals (U/HNWIs). HashKey Exchange’s repeat win underscores not only its comprehensive institutional service capabilities but also its deep resilience—its ability to maintain stable operations and navigate market cycles with enduring strength. Michelle Cheng, Director of HashKey Exchange, said: “We are honored to receive this prestigious award once again. It affirms our long-term commitment to regulatory compliance, institutional service excellence, and digital asset infrastructure development. Moving forward, we will remain firmly anchored in global regulatory frameworks, prioritize compliance-driven innovation, continuously empower institutional clients, and collaborate across the industry to build a robust and sustainable digital asset ecosystem.” HashKey Exchange has now established an integrated suite of services encompassing trading, custody, and clearing—