According to the official announcement, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission pointed out in the updated "Joint Circular on Virtual Asset-related Activities of Intermediaries" that virtual asset futures are only allowed to be traded on traditional regulated futures trading platforms, and the management company must prove that ( i) the underlying virtual asset futures have sufficient liquidity, (ii) the rollover costs of the underlying virtual asset futures are controllable, and how such rollover costs are managed.
If a virtual asset fund authorized by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission wants to handle spot virtual asset transactions and acquisitions, it should be processed on a virtual asset trading platform licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission or a recognized financial institution (or recognized locally registered subsidiary), especially involving the following two Require:
(a) For cash subscriptions and redemptions, spot ETFs recognized by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission should acquire and dispose of spot virtual assets through a licensed virtual asset trading platform;
(b) For physical subscriptions, participating dealers (PDs) should transfer spot virtual assets held locally or overseas to spot virtual asset ETFs recognized by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.