Hong Kong's banking regulator has pressed lenders such as HSBC, Bank of China and Standard Chartered to consider accepting cryptocurrency exchanges as clients. They were questioned by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on why such exchanges were not being taken as clients. HSBC and the authority refused to comment, but Standard Chartered said it was in "regular dialogue with regulators on different subjects". The request is at odds with developments in the US, where Binance's US arm suspended dollar deposits after the Securities and Exchange Commission asked for an asset freeze.
