PANews reported on February 19 that according to the latest regulatory roadmap "ASPI-Re" released by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong will further improve the regulation of the virtual asset market to balance innovation and risk management. The roadmap includes five pillars: market access (Access), safety guarantees (Safeguards), product innovation (Products), infrastructure construction (Infrastructure) and relationship management (Relationships), and proposes 12 measures, such as optimizing the licensing system, promoting OTC and custody service supervision, studying allowing professional investors to trade derivatives and staking, and strengthening market monitoring and cross-border cooperation. The SFC emphasized that the framework will promote Hong Kong to become a trusted virtual asset liquidity center while ensuring market stability and investor protection.