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Hong Kong Proposal to Let Insurers Invest Capital in Crypto, Infrastructure
The Hong Kong Insurance Authority recently announced its intent to allow insurance providers to invest capital in digital assets such as cryptocurrency and other risk ventures such as infrastructure.
Under the proposal, insurance providers would pay a 100% risk charge, meaning they’d have to match every dollar invested in crypto or other approved vehicles 1-for-1 as a means to avoid risking policyholder funds.
According to a report, stablecoin investments would attract risk charges based on the fiat currency they’re pegged to.
The Hong Kong Insurance Authority website indicates that there were 158 authorized insurers in Hong Kong as of June 2025. While exact figures concerning the size of the total market weren’t readily available, the most recent data on market revenue comes from 2024, when the HKIA reported total gross premiums of the Hong Kong insurance industry in the amount of $81.69 billion.
Hong Kong Rapidly Expanding Its Digital Economy
The timing of the proposal is significant, as Hong Kong is currently undergoing a massive effort to shore up its financial sector and establish itself as a nexus point for the Asian digital assets market.
Hong Kong’s initiative includes a strategy featuring tokenization as a core pillar for advancing the city’s financial sector. The plan’s roadmap encompasses initiatives across the areas of data infrastructure, AI, resilience, and tokenization.
Additionally, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission is reportedly considering easing restrictions on cryptocurrency trading and allowing locally licensed virtual-asset trading platforms (VATPs) to share global order books with international affiliates, effectively allowing Hong Kong-headquartered firms to serve as liquidity hubs. This move aims to align VATP regulations with Hong Kong’s relative Trad-Fi laws.
Under the new regime, Hong Kong insurers with the standing capital to back their own investments will be able to participate in both cryptocurrency and stablecoin investment strategies, including adopting digital treasuries or gaining a corporate stake in government-backed infrastructure projects.
This article has been published on coinspeaker.com via Yahoo News.
Hong Kong Proposal to Let Insurers Invest Capital in Crypto, Infrastructure
The Hong Kong Insurance Authority recently announced its intent to allow insurance providers to invest capital in digital assets such as cryptocurrency and other risk ventures such as infrastructure. Under the proposal, insurance providers would pay a 100% risk charge, meaning they’d have to...
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