According to CoinMeta, Hong Kong brokerage Futu Securities announced that it has launched direct deposit and withdrawal of BNB tokens via the BNB smart chain network, opening a legal pathway for its millions of users. Qualified investors can now transfer BNB tokens directly between external wallets and Futu brokerage accounts. Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) responded swiftly to this integration and posted a notice on social media platform X. All technical operations are provided by Futu's subsidiary PantherTrade and have been approved by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). To comply with anti-money laundering standards, external wallet addresses must be verified through a "whitelist," and the maximum processing time for withdrawals is three working days. This move coincides with Hong Kong's large-scale digitization initiative in October 2026; HSBC also launched RedCoin (.RCHKD) stablecoins pegged to the local currency in its PayMe payment app, serving 3.3 million users. The regional government has also completed the issuance of 20 billion Hong Kong dollars in digital "green" bonds, bringing the total amount of digitized capital to 29 billion Hong Kong dollars.