Hong Kong is positioning itself as crypto’s global connector, says lawmaker Johnny Ng
Johnny Ng is not interested in zero-sum crypto politics.
As regulators in Washington, Beijing and elsewhere in Asia chart their own paths for digital assets, the Hong Kong legislator is focused on something else entirely: building connective tissue between markets, technologies, and jurisdictions that rarely move in sync.
Representing the technology sector in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council – the city’s parliament – Ng, who will be speaking at CoinDesk’s Consensus Hong Kong conference next month, has emerged as one of the city’s most vocal advocates for Web3 and digital assets.
Over the past two years, he has pushed through stablecoin legislation, backed crypto exchange licensing and helped position Hong Kong as an…
