香港金融服务及财政局(FSTB)与证券及期货事务监察委员会(SFC)于周二发布了关于咨询结论,就在《反洗钱及反恐融资条例》下规范虚拟资产咨询及虚拟资产管理服务的发牌制度提出咨询结论。该次咨询表明市场对拟议制度的支持广泛,受访者大体同意在“同一业务、同一风险、同一规则”原则下的政策方向。该框架将虚拟资产咨询及管理的适用范围与现有涵盖证券咨询及酌情资产管理的受监管活动相一致。此次监管发展标志着香港完善数字资产发牌框架的完成,其中亦包括就虚拟资产买卖及托管服务的并行提案。 Framework Scope and Structure Under the proposed structure, advisory services would capture business activities involving recommendations on the acquisition or disposal of virtual assets. Management rules would apply where firms exercise discretionary control over
Opening South Korea's government announced on the 26th that it is advancing the expansion of professional investor corporation participation in the virtual asset market and preparing blockchain-based on-chain securities settlement. The announcement was made as part of the government's '123 State Affairs Promotion Results' and designated digital asset initiatives as Task 48: 'Digital Asset Ecosystem Construction.' The government stated it is establishing institutional foundations to create a "sou
西班牙消费者事务部于周二在西班牙《官方国家公报》上发布针对 Polymarket 和 Kalshi 的制裁程序,将这两家平台均归类为未获许可的博彩运营商。该部同时指示全国范围内的互联网服务提供商阻止访问这两个网站,阻断将在 7 到 10 天内生效,具体取决于运营商。制裁程序本身预计将在作出最终裁决前持续三到四个月。西班牙加入了不断增长的国家名单,将预测市场视为赌博,无论其基于区块链的结构或监管合规的结构如何。 这一监管行动反映了与西班牙法律相关的消费者保护担忧。预测市场允许用户对不确定的未来结果下注,这在西班牙法规下符合赌博的定义。西班牙获许可的博彩运营商必须实施年龄验证系统、对未成年人的访问控制、面向问题赌徒的自我排除机制,以及持续的用户监测。该部的博彩监管总局认定,Polymarket 和 Kalshi 完全缺乏这些保障措施。 Political Timing and Market Sensitivity Polymarket recently opened a market on the possible early end of Prime Minister Pedro Sán
一项在 5 月 1 日提交的纽约诉讼,寻求对 39,069 个长期未使用的比特币钱包的所有权,并辩称这些钱包符合州法律下“被遗弃财产”的条件。诺亚·多伊(Noah Doe)、ABC 公司和 XYZ 公司在历时一年的努力后提交了起诉状,但尝试寻找并联系钱包所有者的行动未能成功。该诉讼援引《纽约州个人财产法》第 7-B 条款,并指向据称与早期矿工有关联的钱包,以及被认为归因于中本聪(Satoshi Nakamoto)的地址。行业人士和分析师表示,由于比特币的所有权依赖于私钥,而私钥无法通过法院命令转移,该案在技术和法律层面都面临重大障碍。 Case Details The plaintiffs are seeking a declaratory judgment granting ownership of the 39,069 Bitcoin addresses and the cryptocurrency held within them. According to court documents, 42,001 wallets were originally identified. O