according to Hong Kong media, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will launch the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Virtual Asset Index Series today. The index series will provide transparent and reliable real-time price benchmarks for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) pricing in the Asian time zone, providing a unified reference price for virtual assets and solving the price differences between virtual assets among global exchanges. Specifically, the reference index is based on the weighted average spot price of Bitcoin or Ether's 24-hour trading volume, calculated based on the aggregated market prices of multiple major virtual asset exchanges, and is priced in US dollars in real-time. The reference exchange rate is designed for financial product settlement and is calculated at 4 pm Hong Kong time every day. The launch of this index series is also an initiative of Hong Kong to build a leading digital asset center in Asia. Ye Zhiheng, Executive Director of the Intermediary Division of the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission, previously stated that virtual asset trading platform licenses will be issued by the end of this year, and a virtual asset trading platform consulting group will be launched early next year, as well as continuing to support tokenization and the Ensemble project.