Trump At Bitcoin Asia 2025? Hong Kong Officials Say ‘No Thanks’

Recent reports claim that two Hong Kong officials have withdrawn from the upcoming Bitcoin Asia 2025 conference to allegedly avoid interacting with Eric Trump, son of US President Donald Trump. Related Reading: Kraken And SEC Crypto Task Force Discuss Asset Tokenization Amid Regulatory Concerns HK Officials Withdraw From Bitcoin Asia 2025 On Wednesday, the South […]

As Bitcoin is becoming a household name around the world, the Inside Bitcoins Conference series is hosting conferences around the world with the next stop in Hong Kong on June 24-25. Mediabistro issued the following press release: Inside Bitcoins Conference Heads to Hong Kong toDemystify the Myths and Spur Wider Adoption of Bitcoin Across Asia - Get 15% OFF. Inside Bitcoins Conference and Expo heads to Hong Kong SkyCity Marriot Hotel on June 24-25, 2014. Inside Bitcoins Hong Kong is Asia's largest conference on bitcoins and cryptocurrency, and has lined up an experienced group of speakers....

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam says she is currently unbanked and keeps piles of cash stashed at her home courtesy of US sanctions. Alongside 14 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, Lam has been slapped with punitive measures that effectively cut her off from the banking system. The US government announced the sanctions in response to the imposition of the national security law on the Hong Kong territory. Cash Salary The US government, through the Office of Foreign Asset Control, can effectively enforce its policy objectives on non-US entities via the threat of punitive fines for defiant....

Hong Kong is one of the most important financial centres of the world, but with limited space and high demand, property in Hong Kong has always been in short supply. Simplifying home ownership in Hong Kong is therefore a prime concern for the Hong Kong government, which has undertaken a number of measures in the last few years to make home ownership both affordable and easy. The Nikkei Asian Review reported that as recently as early November, the Hong Kong government raised stamp duty to cool down the boiling Hong Kong housing market. This measure of the government was mainly aimed at....

A conference held in Hong Kong last week united Bitcoin activists and investors to boost cyptocurrency awareness across Asia, an area where local government policies on Bitcoin run the gamut from friendly to hostile. The two day Inside Bitcoins Conference and Expo, held at Hong Kong’s SkyCity Marriot Hotel on June 24-25, featured a line-up of over 50 speakers, with some of the biggest names in the Bitcoin, finance, and technology communities sharing their advice and expertise. IB Hong Kong was a great display of the massive amount of innovation taking place within the Bitcoin ecosystem in....