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title: "Hyperliquid Regulation in Singapore and Hong Kong"
description: "Singapore and Hong Kong both regulate digital-asset businesses but use different licensing and product frameworks; derivatives, spot token services, custody, and professional-investor access need separate analysis."
pillar: "Institutional & Regulatory"
track: "Institutional & Regulatory"
cluster: "Institutional & Regulatory"
level: "Advanced"
primary_icp: ["institutional decision-maker", "legal/compliance professional"]
secondary_icp: ["trader"]
content_type: "regulatory"
reading_time: "3 min"
last_reviewed: "2026-09-07"
last_verified: "2026-09-07"
volatile: true
prerequisites: ["131-perpetual-futures-regulation-defi"]
related: ["121-hyperliquid-for-institutions-complete-guide"]
---

# Hyperliquid Regulation in Singapore and Hong Kong

Singapore and Hong Kong are both active digital-asset financial centers, but “Asia regulation” is not one regime. Singapore's MAS licenses digital payment token services under its payments framework while capital-markets and derivatives activities can require separate permissions. Hong Kong's SFC has licensed virtual-asset trading platforms and in February 2026 introduced a high-level framework for licensed VATPs to propose leveraged virtual-asset products, including perpetual contracts, for professional investors.

## Singapore

MAS's Financial Institutions Directory lists licensed major payment institutions authorized for Digital Payment Token Service. That permission concerns defined payment-token services and should not be assumed to cover every derivatives or capital-markets activity.

Institutions should separately assess Capital Markets Services licensing, custody, derivatives dealing, fund-management, and client-type rules where applicable.

## Hong Kong

The SFC's February 11, 2026 announcement allowed virtual-asset brokers to provide certain financing and set a framework for licensed VATPs to develop proposals for VA-related leveraged products for professional investors. The SFC emphasized collateral sufficiency, investor safeguards, and risk-controlled participation.

That is a regulated-platform route, not a blanket approval of every offshore perpetual product.

## Protocol versus intermediary

A fund connecting directly to Hyperliquid, a licensed broker offering client access, and a VATP listing a perpetual contract can sit in different regulatory categories. Identify who provides the service and to whom.

## Practical rule

For either jurisdiction, verify the current regulator register and the exact licensed activity of every intermediary. A company holding a crypto license may not be licensed for derivatives or advisory services.

## How this connects

Start with [How Perpetual Futures Regulation Applies to DeFi](/hyperliquid-academy/article/131-perpetual-futures-regulation-defi) if the underlying concept is unfamiliar. Related reading: [Hyperliquid for Institutions: Complete Guide](/hyperliquid-academy/article/121-hyperliquid-for-institutions-complete-guide).

## Sources

- https://eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid/institution?activity=Digital+Payment+Token+Service
- https://apps.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/EN/news-and-announcements/news/doc?refNo=26PR24
- https://www.sfc.hk/en/News-and-announcements/Policy-statements-and-announcements/A-S-P-I-Re-for-a-brighter-future-SFCs-regulatory-roadmap-for-Hong-Kongs-virtual-asset-market