Golden Finance reported that the number of new accounts opened by Victory Securities in April and May was three times that of March. In addition, the proportion of virtual asset turnover in Victory Securities has reached double digits this year. By the end of this year, revenue related to virtual assets is expected to account for a quarter of the entire Victory Securities. Victory Securities is currently applying for a virtual asset exchange license, and its Security Token Offering (STO) business is expected to debut by the end of the year at the earliest.

According to Pang Baolin, a licensed person with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong is not only an international financial center, but also one of the national financial centers, and has always attached great importance to and tried its best to support Hong Kong's financial system, hoping to help the mainland's financial and economic development at the same time, and digitalization is one of the important links. The market is looking forward to Hong Kong's implementation of virtual asset trading, physical tokenization (STO) and other interoperability, and it is reported that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has studied matters such as interbank settlement and settlement of tokenization deposits through the sandbox, so as to conduct payment tests for the digitisation of Hong Kong dollar and stablecoins in the future, and make full preparations for innovative financial market infrastructure and future digitalisation.

Odaily Planet Daily News Chen Yaowen, Chief Digital Officer and Director of Financial Technology Innovation of A-share listed Sifang Jingchuang, said in an interview that Hong Kong can play a pivotal role in the future Token and the consequent secondary market, build relevant financial infrastructure, and Sifang Jingchuang can develop more non-Hong Kong Token issuance under Hong Kong's compliance supervision. Chen Yaowen added that at present, Sifang Jingchuang has developed solutions that are integrated into bank-level applications and integrated into banking systems such as the Bank of East Asia, which can cooperate with token operation, enable the banking industry to accelerate the adoption of relevant technologies, and process the issuance of security Tokens (STO) issuance, custody and payment. (Ming Pao)

Golden Finance reported that Chen Yaowen, chief digital director and fintech innovation director of A-share listed company Sifang Jingchuang, said in an interview with Hong Kong media "Ming Pao" that Hong Kong can play a pivotal role in Token and the consequent second-hand market in the future, and build relevant financial infrastructure, and Sifang Jingchuang can develop more non-Hong Kong Token issuance under Hong Kong's compliance supervision. Chan added that at present, Sifang has developed solutions that are integrated into bank-level applications and integrated into banking systems such as the Bank of East Asia, which can cooperate with token operation, enable the banking industry to accelerate the adoption of relevant technologies, and handle the issuance, custody and payment of security Tokens (STO), Hong Kong is taking shape in promoting Token, which will help promote cross-border payments and the formation of the secondary market for Tokens in the long run.

Emart, South Korea's largest retailer and supermarket chain, said its next-generation ATM may soon have cryptocurrency and STO trading capabilities. Emart24, Emart's convenience store brand, has installed new "digital ATM machines" at its branches in Myeongdong and Samcheong-gu, Seoul, which are mainly aimed at overseas tourists and have a foreign currency exchange function. Lee Jong-wan, head of Emart24's service platform division, explained that the ATM's two-factor authentication (2FA) feature means the company's possibilities to expand its services in the future to include cryptocurrency trading and STO trading options. （Cryptonews）

Hi Investment & Securities announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Together the Art, an art sculpture investment company, to boost the tokenized securities (STO) business, according to Golden Finance. Hi Investment & Securities is accelerating its token securities market strategy by expanding business agreements with token-securities-related companies. Through the agreement, HI Investment & Securities and Together Art will work together to advance the artwork-based token securities business, as well as the services and account management required for trading.

The Korea Securities and Futures Exchange (KRX) has applied to the country's Financial Commission for innovative financial services (financial regulatory sandbox) to open a pilot market for new securities listings, according to people familiar with the matter. KRX plans to complete preparations for the opening of the token securities distribution market after receiving final approval from the Financial Services Commission. In response, South Korean officials said: "This is not a STO, but the opening of a pilot market where new securities can be listed." Once approved, the rules for the operation of the market will be determined and development will continue. The goal is to open the market in the first half of next year. "It is reported that even after the market opens, it is expected that the actual trading of token securities will take some time. If you follow a similar process in the current stock market, it will take about six months from application to new listing. （CoinDesk）

CSpro (Hong Kong) Limited (CSpro, formerly known as Signum Digital Limited) announced the official launch of the issuance, distribution and investment services of security token (STO) products in Hong Kong, and began accepting applications from potential security token issuers. According to the press release, CSpro has been licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission to carry on Type 1 (dealing in securities) regulated activities with CE registration number BSH213 and is the first primary issuance and distribution platform in Hong Kong specializing in STOs.

Golden Finance reported that InvestHK announced that it will assist Canadian STO company CoinstreetPRO to set up its Asian headquarters in Hong Kong, the company's business covers a number of digital asset fields, one of the subsidiaries Gopp Technology Finance (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. is the first company in Hong Kong to be licensed to specialize in security token issuance services, taking advantage of Hong Kong's thriving fintech ecosystem and superior regulatory regime to provide specialized securities token issuance brokerage and distribution services to professional investors as defined by Hong Kong law。 Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion Dr Jimmy Chiang said that the Hong Kong government is committed to building and promoting a sustainable fintech landscape, and Hong Kong is an ideal base for digital financial services providers to expand their business in the region.

According to the Hong Kong Economic Times, retail investors can participate in "securities tokenization" under specific circumstances in accordance with the new guidelines of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. According to the report, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission issued the "Circular on Participation in Tokenized Securities-related Activities" after the market closed yesterday to replace the 2019 STO (Security Token) statement, no longer treating all security tokens as "complex products", and for traditional securities packaged in tokenization, such as bonds or funds, the restriction of "not limited to professional investors" can be lifted to allow retail investors to participate.

According to news on September 27, the digital asset trading platform VDX announced that it has reached a strategic cooperation with MaiCapital, a Hong Kong blockchain and virtual asset management company, and will soon launch a security token issuance (STO) project. VDX will provide blockchain technology solutions and compliance consulting support to MaiCapital. The STO project will be mainly targeted at qualified investors.

9.25 Gold trend analysis this week (1/2) This week's decline briefly stabilized after hitting 1913. The market price competed around this point many times, switching back and forth between support and resistance. Therefore, whether the current support can be broken down is very important for the continuation of the subsequent market. However, judging from the current decline, the strength of the short side is very strong. If there are no unexpected circumstances, the bears may break the bulls' last line of defense this week. The current three-track Bollinger Bands on the gold daily line are flat, representing price fluctuations. The short-term moving average wrapping around the middle rail also means that the price is oscillating near the middle rail. The upper and lower rails of the day's large range are 1905-1946, and the short-term price is suppressed near the moving average MA60, which corresponds to the 1930 line. Gold's current daily indicator macd gold cross is shrinking and oscillating at the zero axis, and the smart indicator sto is quickly repairing downwards, which means that there is still a need for a retracement on the daily line. Just pay attention to the break of 1930-1931 during the day. If it breaks above 1939-1943, it will be the second resistance point. The current focus is on the suppression 1928-1929 line near the middle track. The second is the 1938-1942 line above, but the upper rail will move downwards as time goes by. Judging from the closing pattern, the gold price also closed the upper shadow single-yang K-line at the closing stage, so the gold price still needs to look downward for a wave of decline when opening. Observed from the moving average, the three lines cross, and the gold price overall stops at the 20-day moving average. The position is in the 1925 interval. Observed from the Bollinger Bands, the three lines show signs of flattening. The price pauses as a whole below the middle rail of the Bollinger Bands 1925. Therefore, gold is still biased toward a short position. If the gold price continues to be short, then there is a high probability that it will need to The lower Bollinger Bands are showing a big rebound near 1905. From the technical indicators, MACD is running above the zero axis as a whole, and the KDJ three lines show signs of turning downward. Therefore, from the daily line, the general direction of gold price is still Long is bullish, short bias is short. (Reposted from Snowball)

Golden Finance reported that South Korea’s KB Kookmin Bank has joined the banking industry STO (Security Token Issuance) Alliance, which includes Suhyup Bank, Jeonbuk Bank, Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank and IBK Industrial Bank. With KB Kookmin Bank recently joining , the alliance already includes five major Korean banks. The banking STO alliance plans to continue discussing the STO plan in the second half of this year and is expected to discuss the establishment of an STO issuance platform.

Odaily Planet Daily reported that at the CyberPictures x Odaily "INCEPTION - The Future of Web3&Entertainment" event held in Singapore, Operation Head of CyberPictures Mihwak Yang said: CyberPictures is committed to RWA-based full-stream movie production, allowing users to use it at different stages. Participate in investment and enjoy different rights and interests. Not only can you participate in the production of your favorite movies through STO, IFO (Initial Film Offering) and NFT, and obtain copyright shares, you can also participate in the movie content early, and even enjoy participating in plot trends, naming roles, etc. rights and interests. In addition, CyberPictures has announced its first film RWA project Omeebo, a new film and television IP created by "Love, Death and Robots" screenwriter Philip Gelatt and "Pixels" producer and screenwriter Patrick Jean. Users can participate in the project by holding In film and television projects, CyberPictures will also join forces with Republic to jointly launch STO. It is reported that CyberPictures is a distribution platform focusing on entertainment RWA assets. Through high-quality content and fan economy, and convenient product interaction experience, it attracts a wider range of Web2 users to enter the Web3 world with low threshold, creating high-quality content while driving liquidity.