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title: "Crypto Regulation in Asia: 2022 Hong Kong Update"
description: This paper highlights key features from Hong Kong's Anti-Money Laundering And Counter Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Bill 2022 that pertain to virtual assets and cryptocurrency markets.
image: https://info.eventus.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-07%20at%201.19.51%20PM-1.jpg
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### WHITE PAPER

# Crypto Regulation in Asia: 2022 Hong Kong Update

## Pathway to VASP Licensing

This report serves as an update to Eventus’ white paper, [Crypto Regulation in APAC: What to Expect in 2022](https://info.eventus.com/crypto-regulation-apac?hsLang=en), which was published in February 2022. 

The key focus of this paper is Hong Kong's Anti-Money Laundering And Counter Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Bill 2022 that pertains specifically to virtual assets and cryptocurrency markets. Most critical among those is the VASP licensing regime.

![Screen Shot 2022-09-07 at 1.19.51 PM](https://info.eventus.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-07%20at%201.19.51%20PM.jpg "Screen Shot 2022-09-07 at 1.19.51 PM")

## Download the white paper