Hong Kong SFC consultation documents on virtual asset advisory and management regulatory regimes

Hong Kong Concludes Consultation on Virtual Asset Advisory and Management Regimes

May 27, 2026 37

HONG KONG, May 26, 2026 — Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission said Tuesday they had concluded a consultation on proposed regulatory regimes for virtual asset advisory and management service providers, as Hong Kong continues developing its regulatory framework for digital-asset financial services.

SEC headquarters building in Washington, D.C.

SEC Proposes Broad Registered Offering and Public Company Reporting Reforms

May 20, 2026 55

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday proposed sweeping amendments to the rules governing registered securities offerings and public-company reporting requirements, in what the agency described as a major effort to modernize the U.S. public capital markets framework and reduce regulatory burdens on issuers.

Map of the United States and Minnesota representing the CFTC lawsuit over the state’s prediction market law

CFTC Sues Minnesota Over State Prediction Market Ban

May 20, 2026 54

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday sued the state of Minnesota to block a newly enacted law that would criminalize the operation of prediction markets, marking an escalation in a growing federal-state jurisdictional conflict over event contracts and federally regulated derivatives markets.

Bank of England building

FCA and Bank of England Set Out Joint Vision for Tokenised Wholesale Markets

May 18, 2026 59

LONDON, May 18, 2026 — The Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England on Monday set out a joint long-term vision for the use of tokenisation and distributed ledger technology in UK wholesale financial markets, outlining a coordinated regulatory and infrastructure approach aimed at supporting the transition from pilots toward production deployment.