以下轉載 Ronald Leung 於原刊日期發表的評論。觀點、邀請及產品資料反映發表當時的情況，並不構成投資建議、要約、回報保證，亦不代表產品目前可供使用。
A market with 70% share does not usually name its rivals out loud.
Last week the FT reported the UK's FCA is preparing a framework for tokenised gold. One stated aim: protect London's dominance in bullion trading.
London handles about 70% of global volume (World Gold Council). Someone close to the work told the FT there is "huge competitive pressure from Shanghai and Hong Kong."
Defending a lead is rational. That is not the interesting part.
The FCA does not regulate physical gold trading. So London is still working out which regime tokenised gold sits in at all. Hong Kong answered that in statute. Cap. 615, s.53ZU(1)(c) — Customs, not the SFC, unless the product is structured as a security. London's 70% took a century. But that doesn't mean there's no way to catch up, given the right direction and right strategy.
Disclosure: Esperanza operates a tokenised gold business. — Let's open the statute. A new breakdown every week.