2025-12-31 07:28:10

Hong Kong Virtual Asset Regulation Takes New Steps. According to the latest requirements from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, a licensed Hong Kong broker has issued a notice to clients — starting from January 2, 2026, virtual asset accounts with Chinese mainland identity and mainland IP addresses will be included in the restriction scope.

Specifically, these accounts will have their new wallet address verification and deposit operations suspended. However, account holders can still withdraw their existing virtual assets, and management of current holdings will not be affected.

It is worth noting that this adjustment only involves the virtual asset sector, while securities trading and other financial services remain unchanged. This marks another step in Hong Kong regulators' compliance management in the virtual asset field. For many virtual asset investors, understanding this timeline and policy details in advance is important.

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ChainSherlockGirl

· 12m ago

Oh no, here we go again. Mainland IPs are going to be blocked again? The punch is coming in January next year. This time, it's really going to cut off the new wallet recharge route. Based on my analysis... withdrawals are fine, holdings are fine, but new ones can't come in, and new addresses aren't recognized. Clever move...

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CryptoPunster

· 11h ago

Uh...2026 is when the account gets banned? You all still have two years to cut us, so thoughtful. --- So, you can withdraw coins but cannot deposit coins, this is the legendary "one-way channel." People come in with trouble, money goes out smoothly. --- Both compliance and adjustments. I just want to know who is the most panicked in this wave. I guess some leveraged traders are now unable to sleep. --- Mainland IPs are cut off entirely. What about Hong Kong dollar accounts? Which team do we belong to? --- Laughing to death, banning deposits and new wallets, just to make you sit and wait for death.

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GasFeeTherapist

· 11h ago

Here we go again, mainland users are about to be troubled once more, and even recharging has become difficult.

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ZkSnarker

· 11h ago

well technically this is just regulatory theater at this point—mainland IPs getting boxed out of HK venues while they can still exit positions? imagine if we framed this as "asset preservation with extra steps"...

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Hash_Bandit

· 11h ago

ngl this is basically geo-fencing the mainland accounts... saw this one coming from a mile away honestly. the difficulty adjustment just keeps getting tighter everywhere, mining the compliance layer now fr fr

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Rugpull幸存者

· 11h ago

Coming again? Starting January next year, mainland accounts will be restricted from recharging. This wave really caught us off guard.

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ContractSurrender

· 11h ago

Here we go again, mainland accounts are restricted again... the Hong Kong dollar channel is getting narrower and narrower.

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