{"id":46999,"date":"2025-09-11T11:16:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=46999"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:16:52","slug":"hong-kongs-central-bank-plans-to-ease-rules-on-banks-crypto-holding-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=46999","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong&#8217;s Central Bank Plans to Ease Rules on Banks&#8217; Crypto Holding: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has circulated plans for easing the capital requirements for banks holding cryptocurrencies, local financial news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.caixin.com\/2025-09-10\/102361170.html\">Caixin reported on Wednesday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The central bank released a draft paper for public comment with a view to clarifying the guidance on capital regulation for crypto assets, which will be implemented early next year.<\/p>\n<p>The drafted guidelines focus on lowering bank capital requirements if issuers can take appropriate measures to prevent and respond to risks, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong has emerged as one of the world&#8217;s hubs for advancing the cryptocurrency industry through a more helpful regulatory regime. Its long-awaited guidance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2025\/07\/29\/hong-kong-releases-guidance-on-rules-for-stablecoin-issuers\">stablecoins came into effect last month<\/a> following a rush of applications from prospective issuers. <\/p>\n<p>A switch to more lenient capital requirements for banks holding crypto could help cement Hong Kong&#8217;s status further as a global leader for crypto adoption.<\/p>\n<p>The HKMA did not respond to CoinDesk&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has circulated plans for easing the capital requirements for banks holding cryptocurrencies, local financial news outlet Caixin reported on Wednesday. The central bank released a draft paper for public comment with a view to clarifying the guidance on capital regulation for crypto assets, which will be implemented early next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-46999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}