Lead Stories South Korean cryptocurrency exchange to file for bankruptcy after hacking Reuters Staff A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange said on Tuesday it is shutting down and is filing for bankruptcy after it was hacked for the second time this year, highlighting concerns about security as trade in bitcoin and other virtual currencies boom. https://goo.gl/mmcpy4 China issues new code of conduct to tame overseas investors; New guidelines set out 36 dos and don’ts to bring order to booming sector Frank Tang – South China Morning Post Beijing has imposed a 36-point code of conduct for the country’s private enterprises to…

Lead Stories Hong Kong Listings Rule Changes Set to Transform Market, Li Says By Benjamin Robertson and Rishaad Salamat – Bloomberg HKEX on Friday proposed allowing dual-class share companies; Profitability requirement for biotech companies also dropped Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.’s proposal to change which companies are eligible to list in the city will boost the pipeline of initial public offerings, according to Chief Executive Officer Charles Li. https://goo.gl/LHtGVH Trump to label China as a strategic ‘competitor’; Beijing accused of pursuing policies of economic aggression to weaken US Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington – FT President Donald Trump will describe…

Lead Stories Deutsche Bank Says ‘Mrs. Watanabe’ Behind the Surge in Bitcoin By Julie Verhage – Bloomberg Japanese retail investors seen shifting from currency trading; Men actually hold the majority of Japanese trading accounts That term is often used to describe the individual Japanese investor, traditionally a housewife who runs her family’s finances. And that’s who behind the surge in bitcoin, according to a Deutsche Bank AG note Thursday. https://goo.gl/6AgXNz All Chinese Oil Traders Want for Christmas Is a Futures Contract Bloomberg News Speculation growing that domestic contract will be listed soon; Chinese commodities trading has slowed this year, data…

Lead Stories The Force Behind Bitcoin’s Meteoric Rise: Millions of Asian Investors; Retail investors, mostly in Asia, are pushing the price of bitcoin to new heights By Steven Russolillo in Hong Kong and Eun-Young Jeong in Seoul – WSJ Behind the stunning rise of bitcoin lies a new force in global financial markets: millions of individual Asian investors. https://goo.gl/aYsvDC Bitcoin surge prompts legal bid to remove Mt Gox from bankruptcy; Creditors say 40-fold rise in value means exchange’s assets now dwarf its liabilities Leo Lewis in Tokyo – FT A group of creditors pursuing a potentially vast bitcoin fortune from…

Lead Stories China’s ethical bonds take it to top spot in green paper league; Country is joint-largest source of issuance, along with France Kate Allen and James Kynge in London – FT Chinese banks are using ethically labelled bonds to refinance existing loans, helping to propel the country to become the world’s biggest issuer of green paper. https://goo.gl/VHPJJr DEUTSCHE BANK: A major financial crisis is almost twice as likely in China as anywhere else in the world Will Martin – Business Insider The probability of a financial crisis starting in China is almost twice as high as in any other…