上周五，香港證監(jiān)會（SFC）宣布“已經(jīng)對部分加密貨幣交易所和ICO發(fā)行方采取監(jiān)管行動”。

其中，該機構(gòu)已經(jīng)向香港境內(nèi)（或與香港有關(guān)聯(lián)的）7家加密貨幣交易所發(fā)出了整改通知，警告其“不應(yīng)在沒有獲得許可的前提下交易那些被《證券及期貨條例》（SFO）定義為‘證券’的加密貨幣”。

去年9月，F(xiàn)SC發(fā)布聲明表示，按照香港《證券及期貨條例》，部分?jǐn)?shù)字代幣可被視為證券，應(yīng)受到香港證券法監(jiān)管。

另外，F(xiàn)SC表示其還向ICO發(fā)行方發(fā)出了通知。如有任何加密貨幣交易所仍然違反證券法規(guī)定或者重犯者，證監(jiān)會表示不排除采取進一步措施。

此前，F(xiàn)SC曾多次針對加密貨幣和ICO對投資者發(fā)出過風(fēng)險警示。除9月份發(fā)布通告外，還在12月再次警告投資者關(guān)于比特幣期貨合約及其他加密貨幣投資風(fēng)險。

在本周五發(fā)布的聲明中，FSC還指出其多次收到投資者投訴稱無法從交易所賬戶中提現(xiàn)或者提取加密貨幣。有消費者投訴稱加密貨幣交易所盜用其資產(chǎn)或者操控市場，也有人稱交易平臺的技術(shù)漏洞造成了其資金損失。還有人投訴ICO發(fā)行方?jīng)]有獲得許可或者從事欺詐性活動。

本周早些時候，中國當(dāng)局下令禁止海外加密貨幣交易所。據(jù)《南華早報》報道，和大陸不同的是，香港允許交易未受監(jiān)管的數(shù)字代幣，只要這類產(chǎn)品的轉(zhuǎn)手方式不在FSC的管轄范圍之內(nèi)。

FSC采取此類措施的時間恰好與香港加密貨幣交易所幣安在本周四暫停交易的時間一致。

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has sent letters to seven cryptocurrency exchanges regarding their listings of securities tokens without a license. Most of the exchanges took immediate rectification measures, including removing problematic cryptocurrencies from their platforms.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced on Friday that it “has taken regulatory action against a number of cryptocurrency exchanges and issuers of ICOs.”

The agency sent letters to seven cryptocurrency exchanges in Hong Kong or in connection with Hong Kong, warning “them that they should not trade cryptocurrencies which are ‘securities’ as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) without a licence.”

This regulatory action follows the FSC’s warning last September that digital tokens may be considered securities as defined by the SFO, “and subject to the securities laws of Hong Kong.”

The Commission revealed that after receiving its letters:

Most of these cryptocurrency exchanges either confirmed that they did not provide trading services for such cryptocurrencies or took immediate rectification measures, including removing relevant cryptocurrencies from their platforms.

In addition, the FSC stated that it has also written to seven initial coin offering (ICO) issuers. “Most of them confirmed compliance with the SFC’s regulatory regime or immediately ceased to offer tokens to Hong Kong investors,” the agency confirmed, adding that it will “continue to closely monitor ICOs, and will not tolerate any violations of the securities laws of Hong Kong.”

Furthermore, the Commission said it “may take further action where appropriate,” against any crypto exchanges which disregard the SFO provisions as well as repeat offenders.

The SFC has warned investors of the risks associated with cryptocurrency and ICO investing several times. Following a warning in September, the agency issued a circular in December cautioning investors of the risks associated with bitcoin futures contracts and other crypto investments.

In Friday’s announcement, the Commission noted that it has received complaints from investors about not being able to withdraw fiat currencies or cryptocurrencies from their accounts at crypto exchanges. “Some complainants claimed that cryptocurrency exchanges had misappropriated their assets or manipulated the market, or that technical breakdowns of the exchanges’ platforms caused them significant losses,” the agency detailed. “Several complaints against ICO issuers alleged unlicensed or fraudulent activities.”

The CEO of the FSC, Ashley Alder, commented:

We will continue to police the market and enforce when necessary…But we are also urging market professionals to do proper gatekeeping to prevent fraud or dubious fundraising and to assist us in ensuring compliance with the law.

Earlier this week, the Chinese authorities decided to ban foreign cryptocurrency exchanges. “Unlike the mainland, Hong Kong allows unregulated trading of digital tokens as long as the products changing hands are not in a format that would fall under the SFC’s jurisdiction,” South China Morning Post describes.

The FSC’s action also coincides with the Hong Kong-based crypto exchange Binance suspending trading on Thursday. The company denied that it has been hacked and its CEO subsequently tweeted explaining that the downtime is due to a “server issue on our replica database cluster, causing some data to be out of sync.”

譯者：Wendy

來源：巴比特資訊