Hong Kong's new crypto tax regulations arrive in 2026

The OECD revises the Common Reporting Standard, and central bank digital currencies also need to be reported. Transparency in crypto asset transactions is inevitable, and tax authorities around the world will automatically exchange data.
Compliance costs are inevitably rising, but this also means the industry’s formalization process is accelerating. The boundaries between traditional finance and the crypto world are becoming increasingly blurred.
Retail investors are still thinking about tax avoidance, while institutions are already laying out compliance strategies.