{"id":148299,"date":"2026-03-21T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148299"},"modified":"2026-03-21T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:00:08","slug":"will-hong-kongs-regulatory-clarity-on-crypto-forge-a-path-to-global-hub-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148299","title":{"rendered":"Will Hong Kong\u2019s \u2018regulatory clarity\u2019 on crypto forge a path to global hub status?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostIn late 2022, Syed Musheer Ahmed packed his bags and departed Hong Kong. The founder of fintech advisory firm FinStep Asia headed for Dubai, where he joined the founding team of the Gulf city\u2019s new digital-asset regulator, Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA).<br \/>\nLike many in Hong Kong\u2019s crypto scene at the time, Ahmed was drawn by the Middle East\u2019s regulatory clarity \u2013 a stark contrast to the uncertainty and Covid-19 restrictions still lingering in his adopted home.<br \/>\n\u201cDubai came up as a good&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/blockchain\/article\/3347286\/will-hong-kongs-regulatory-clarity-crypto-forge-path-global-hub-status?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostIn late 2022, Syed Musheer Ahmed packed his bags and departed Hong Kong. The founder of fintech advisory firm FinStep Asia headed for Dubai,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148299"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}