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Dr. Xiao Feng, Chairman and CEO of HashKey, shared that Hong Kong could overtake London and become the world’s second-largest financial center with the right regulatory structure for RWA. His remarks followed the recent notification issued by the People’s Bank of China and eight other ministries regarding new cryptocurrency regulations,

Joseph Chee, the CEO of Solana, shared that Asia will ignite the next major growth phase for the Solana ecosystem.According to Chee, the first wave of mass blockchain adoption will be brought in by users who interact with simple tokenized products through intuitive interfaces.

Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the US, has listed the ESP token, opening trading for three pairs. Starting February 12, 2026, at 13:00...

Ripple’s CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has described Bitcoin as “a technological dead end.” Schwartz, who is the co-creator of the XRP Ledger, made the remarks in response to a question from an XRP community member about whether he would consider contributing to Bitcoin development again.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has continued to reduce his holdings in the crypto exchange he co-founded, selling another 40,000 shares of COIN in early January. According to VanEck’s Director of Digital Asset Research, Matthew Sigel, Armstrong sold 40,000 shares on January 5, 2026.

The latest crypto selloff has drawn comparisons to past market shocks, but several industry participants say the cause is the spillover from traditional finance. At Consensus Hong Kong 2026, market executives described the selloff as a macro-driven unwind that began in traditional finance and spilled into crypto.