Hong Kong Gets Spot-Bitcoin ETF Application, Stablecoin Interest From China’s Harvest Global: Reports

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Venture Smart Financial Holdings is also aiming for a spot-bitcoin ETF and is involved in the discussions about the stablecoin sandbox.

Harvest Global Investments, a major asset-management company in China, applied for a spot-bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) with Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and is in discussions with regulators regarding the city's stablecoin sandbox, according to separate reports by Tencent News and Bloomberg.

Neither Harvest Global nor the SFC immediately responded to a request for comment.

In December 2023, less than two weeks after nearly a dozen applicants won approval for spot-bitcoin ETFs in the U.S., Hong Kong regulators said they were ready to consider applications for spot crypto ETFs.

Venture Smart Financial Holdings, a Hong Kong firm, has also said it will file a spot bitcoin ETF application, and hopes to start trading during the first quarter, Bloomberg reported earlier this month.

Venture Smart Financial, along with Harvest and RD Technologies, is also among the entities reported to be in discussions with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) about its planned stablecoin sandbox, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The HKMA, the central bank stakeholder in the stablecoin efforts of the region, didn't immediately respond to a CoinDesk request for comment.

Hong Kong's regulators have published proposals for supervising stablecoin issuers through a licensing regime for which feedback is sought by the end of February.

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