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Hong Kong The Securities and Futures Commission, an independent statutory authority that regulates the securities and futures markets in one of the world’s major financial hubs in Hong Kong is joining the R3-led financial blockchain consortium. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the Hong Kong regulator is working with R3’s numerous members that includes banks and technology developers to test blockchain ledgers to record and settle securities and futures transactions. The collaboration is yet another example wherein banks and regulators are coming together to push blockchain prototypes out of the lab environment to real-world financial systems. Claim Your own Bitcoin today “Both sides need to understand why this tech works and what needs to be changed to make it comply,” stated R3 managing director Charley Cooper as quoted by the publication. Bringing Fintech into a Financial Hub Widely known as a traditionally technology-forward country, Hon...