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Hong Kong already has rules for tokenised gold
Ronald Leung explains how Hong Kong's anti-money-laundering ordinance classifies precious-asset-backed instruments and separates them from securities, derivatives and virtual assets.
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Gold & valueShould gold have a dedicated regulator?
Ronald Leung considers whether gold's changing role, from reserve asset to potential medium of exchange, calls for dedicated regulatory oversight.
Gold & valueGold as a settlement asset, not just an investment
Ronald Leung examines what it takes to settle in gold, from trust and vaulting to the standards used to measure the metal.
Gold & valueA vault is a building. A port is a market.
Ronald Leung asks what must sit alongside gold storage to turn Hong Kong’s bullion infrastructure into an active market.
Gold & valueThree regulators. Who sees tokenised gold first?
Ronald Leung considers how physical gold, investment structures and potential settlement uses intersect—and asks which institution sees the whole picture.
Gold & valueGold, certificate and redemption: three distinct layers
A plain-language distinction between the physical reference, the digital certificate and the redemption process described in current public materials.
Market infrastructureHow to read a tokenised investment record
A source-led guide to separating the underlying project, legal instrument, eligibility controls and dated transaction evidence.
Gold & valueLondon, Hong Kong and the direction of gold
A founder perspective on London’s position in bullion trading and the strategic choices facing Hong Kong.
Gold & valueWhen salary moves from currency into tokenised gold
A founder perspective on currency pressure, saving behaviour and why access to gold infrastructure matters.
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Hong Kong’s gold framework: the next chapter
In the second part of his response to SCMP, Ronald Leung examines the framework that wider uses of tokenised gold could require.