The Hong Kong government has said again that it plans to submit an amendment bill before the end of 2026. The bill would set up licensing regimes for crypto businesses, according to a Cointelegraph report by staff writer Zoltan Vardai published on Oct 6, 2026.
The amendment is part of a wider crypto licensing bill. It names four categories of service that would need a licence: digital asset trading, custody, advisory and management.
The report gives no exact submission date beyond the end-2026 target. It also does not give the bill's text, the licensing conditions or any timeline for the regimes to take effect. None of these details are known yet.
For someone already holding a perpetual position on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, this changes nothing directly. The report does not mention perpetual futures, derivatives, funding rates, trading fees or any of these four exchanges. The news is a restated plan, not a new rule, and no bill has been submitted yet.
Source: cointelegraph — Hong Kong officials double down on end-2026 deadline for crypto licensing bill