The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has announced the implementation of the world's first Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme delivered primarily via blockchain technology.

The Marshall Islands is set to modernize its legal framework with the introduction of the Electronic Transactions Act 2025 as a Bill in the Nitijela (Marshall Islands Parliament).

On 10 October 2025, the crypto market experienced one of its biggest crashes in its (short) history. While Bitcoin plummeted from USD122,000 to around USD104,000 (an approximate 16.5% decline) within hours, some...

As cross-border transactions rise and insolvency risks increase, Hong Kong courts are refining how arbitration agreements interact with winding-up petitions.

On 15 April 2025, Hong Kong's Digital Policy Office ("DPO") took a significant step in shaping the future of artificial intelligence ("AI") governance with the release of the Generative Artificial Intelligence Technical and Application Guideline (the "Guideline").

Hong Kong's SFC recently introduced two major regulatory updates for virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs). There are (1) a Circular on Shared Liquidity by Virtual Asset Trading Platforms...

Hong Kong is developing a comprehensive licensing framework for virtual asset activities, creating distinct regimes for virtual asset dealing services...

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced on 3 November 2025 that licensed Virtual Asset Trading Platform Operators...

To injunct or to not injunct – and if so, where at? That is the question that many face when foreign just and equitable winding-up proceedings have been taken out, despite the presence of an arbitration clause governing...

In cross-border civil and commercial litigation between Hong Kong and Mainland China, parties often struggle to obtain evidence located in Mainland China.

In a landmark development, Hong Kong and Macao enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area ("GBA") can agree on either the Mainland China, Hong Kong or Macao...

It was reported by Reuters[1] that in September 2023, Su Zhu, a co-founder of Three Arrows Capital, was arrested at Singapore's Changi Airport and jailed...

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a cascade of complex legal challenges for maritime commerce, from force majeure disputes and contractual deviations to escalating demurrage charges and war risk insurance complications.

As virtual assets (VAs) — including cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin ("BTC") and Ethereum ("ETH") — become more integrated into traditional financial services, Hong Kong regulators...

On 2 June 2025, the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") announced a landmark Court decision requiring former senior executives of Combest Holdings Limited ("Combest") to pay HK$192 million in compensation to shareholders.

On 28 November 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ("HKMA") launched the Digital Bond Grant Scheme ("DBGS") and began accepting applications.

On 7 April 2025, the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") issued circular 25EC22 setting out its regulatory approach to the provision of staking services by SFC-licensed virtual asset ("VA") trading platforms ("VATPs") to their clients.

Mainland China has issued a comprehensive notice that explicitly addresses virtual currencies and Real World Asset tokenisation, drawing clear boundaries around what constitutes illegal financial activity onshore while outlining narrow pathways for compliant offshore structures. The document signals a fundamental shift in how regulators view tokenisation—not as a technology workaround, but as regulated finance subject to the same scrutiny as traditional financial activities. For firms operating in Hon

In February 2025, we published an article on the gazette of The Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill: https://hauzen.hk/remote-hearings-set-to-increase-in-hong-kong. This has now evolved into a concrete legal framework.

The Stablecoins Bill gazetted on 6 December 2024, was passed by Hong Kong's Legislative Council on 21 May 2025. The Ordinance marks the culmination of a 3+ years process that started on 12 January 2022...