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Circular to licensed virtual asset trading platform operators on custody of virtual assets

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What the SFC said

The SFC elaborates its expected standards for safe custody of client virtual assets by SFC-licensed platform operators, following overseas platform cyber incidents involving wallet vulnerabilities. It sets minimum requirements and good-practice examples covering wallet infrastructure, access controls, transaction verification, third-party management and threat monitoring, taking a technology-neutral, outcome-based approach.

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