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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released an "A-S-P-I-Re" roadmap for the Hong Kong virtual asset market. The SFC stated that in order to maintain a leading position in this ever-changing environment, the regulatory roadmap is based on five pillars, namely "A-S-P-I-Re" (Access, Safeguards, Products, Infrastructure, and Relationships), aiming to guide the Hong Kong virtual asset ecosystem towards the future. The 12 specific measures of this roadmap include promoting market participation, implementing adaptive compliance and product frameworks, as well as upgrading infrastructure by combining traditional financial reliability with blockchain technology efficiency. This series of measures reflects our pragmatic approach aimed at consolidating Hong Kong's role as a reliable hub for virtual asset liquidity.

The Russian-backed hacker group "Dark Storm" has claimed responsibility for a large-scale cyber attack on the X platform. At the peak of the attack, Downdetector recorded nearly 40,000 users unable to access the platform, but Musk, owner of X platform, said user functionality had been quickly restored. In a post dated March 10th, cybersecurity organization Spyo Secure stated that Dark Storm admitted to launching a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack via Telegram message posted by its leader. The Telegram channel was subsequently deleted for violating terms of service. Ed Krassenstein, co-founder of NFT marketplace NFTz.me said he made contact with Dark Storm's leader who claimed this attack was merely a "demonstration of power," with no political motives.