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  "title": "Crypto platform on alert lists opens Hong Kong office, prompting calls for scrutiny",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/crypto-platform-on-alert-lists-opens-hong-kong-office-prompting-calls-16278320",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-24T04:00:16.000Z",
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    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3371978/crypto-platform-alert-lists-opens-hong-kong-office-prompting-calls-scrutiny"
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  "summary": "A cryptocurrency trading platform on Hong Kong and Canadian regulators’ alert lists has opened an office in the city, prompting experts to urge closer scrutiny of how such firms promote themselves without undermining an open business environment. Experts told the South China Morning Post that inclusion on a regulator’s alert list did not necessarily mean a company had broken the law. But they…",
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