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May 23, 2023 12 tweets 5 min read Read on X
#HongKong, one of Asia’s biggest international financial centers, *today* just formally approved retail trading of #crypto assets. Effective 1 June 2023.

Huge deal for #Web3 economy in Asia + #币圈

11 key points from the conclusion paper drop from the SFC today:
1/ Hong Kong will allow retail traders to trade crypto (was resticted to professional/accredited investors only before) Image
2/ Onboarding requirements still require retail users to fill out a risk tolerance assessment test Image
3/ Utility tokens required to have 12-months of track record before listing (no primary offerings) Image
4/ Security tokens will not be available to retail traders, as HKEX has a legal monopoly on trading of equities in Hong Kong Image
5/ Stablecoins not allowable to be traded by retail users under HKMA stablecoin policy gets finalized Image
6/ SFC still requires that listed tokens be included in at least 2 “acceptable indices” at a minimum Image
7/ Trading platforms can’t do giveaways but there’s an exception for giving away discounts of fees Image
8/ Custody of assets should be fully financially covered by trading platforms, but only 50% of assets in cold storage need to be insured. Can have self-coverage but need to hold reserve assets in same assets as client. ImageImage
9/ Derivatives still not formally approved for retail or institutions; will be evaluated later Image
10/ Earning, lending/borrowing products not allowed Image
11/ Full travel rule compliance required Image

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More from @ben_el_baz

May 28, 2023
After the Celsius claims deal, there’s a big question:

“What could FTX2.0 learn from it?”

What if you combined ideas from both the Celsius deal and the 2016 Bitfinex IOU token deal? What might it look like?

Here’s an FTX2.0 🧵 to spark ideas 👇 pls share+comment. Never know!
1/ This thread discusses:
(1) Celsius and Bitfinex deals
(2) Why FTX is different
(3) What’s learnable from both deals
(4) An innovative FTX2.0 deal idea with an Investor Coalition, FTX creditors getting equity AND an IOU Token, an exchange restart, liquid crypto distributions Image
2/ Celsius and Bitfinex:

- *Celsius*: lost client money thru loss-making operations. New deal turns company into basically a mining and staking co
- claim holders get 100% equity pro-rata + pro-rata distribution of existing liquid assets + pro-rats distribution of any future… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Read 12 tweets
May 22, 2023
#NFT Innovations🔥

#ERC721C (programmable, on-chain royalties), #ERC6551 (token-bound accounts), and #ERC4337 (smart contract wallets) are emerging primitives that add new innovations to on-chain gaming, media, and social.

1/8 Here’s some helpful info to know (video shorts): Image
2/8 Programmable on-chain royalties #ERC721C (not yet an official standard though)
3/8 Problems with prior royalties standard (#EIP2981) - not enforceable on-chain
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