Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission: Virtual asset roadmap released this afternoon, plans to allow pledging, etc

According to BlockBeats news, on February 19th, according to the Hong Kong Economic Journal, Leung Fung yee, CEO of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, stated in the Consensus forum that she will release a virtual asset roadmap this afternoon, and formulate forward-looking strategies by studying future development directions. This includes expanding the products and services of licensed virtual asset trading platforms, considering allowing staking, providing derivative products for professional investors, and also considering providing margin loans for certain clients. In addition, operational processes will be optimized, including regulations for hot and cold wallets, as well as adjustments to custody and insurance requirements. Compliance reviews will be conducted and how to optimize them to truly maximize operational processes.