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Hong Kong plans to extend its virtual-asset regulatory perimeter beyond trading platforms to four additional service categories. The bill is targeted for introduction by year-end, so final scope and transition rules are not yet enacted.
A new institutional banking arrangement supports the Capital Vault entities' fiat settlement and client-money arrangements; it is not a blanket licence or a change to every Capital.com account.
The FSA has confirmed the application withdrawal and the earlier end of retail and institutional services. Its notice concerns Stratos Tech; separate Tradu securities entity Stratos Systems remains in the capital-markets register.