香港明确“虚拟资产托管的三层监管框架” ，护航稳定币商业化进程

Group 1 - The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular on August 15, outlining requirements for the robust custody of virtual assets, establishing a solid foundation for the industry to adopt advanced custody technologies under the ASPIRe roadmap [1] - The SFC's circular specifies a three-tier regulatory framework for virtual asset custody, including senior management responsibility, mandatory use of hardware security modules (HSM) for offline key generation, and a dynamic custody technology assessment mechanism to avoid liquidity suppression from "one-size-fits-all" regulations [1] - The new regulations require licensed platforms to purchase full insurance for custodial assets and establish a compensation fund, making Hong Kong the first region in the Asia-Pacific to achieve "qualified custodian" certification, significantly reducing bankruptcy risk exposure for stablecoin issuers [1] Group 2 - The China Communications Industry Association's Blockchain Committee highlighted that this modular regulation retains the stability of traditional securities regulation while providing flexibility for the management of reserve assets for stablecoins [1] - The China Research and Development Institute predicts that from 2025 to 2030, the digital currency market in China will maintain a 25% annual compound growth rate, with the market size exceeding 3 trillion yuan by 2030 and a digital yuan penetration rate reaching 55% [1] - In the A-share market, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority expects stablecoin transaction volume to account for 15% of global cross-border payments by 2025, indicating significant growth prospects for the digital currency industry represented by stablecoins [2]