Hong Kong names Solana Company a strategic enterprise

What happened. On 22 October Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan welcomed 18 new strategic enterprises at an OASES ceremony. That brings the program to 142 companies. Half of the new batch comes from the Chinese Mainland and half from other parts of the world. The government lists sectors such as AI, fintech, new energy and health technology.

Who Solana Company is. It is a Nasdaq-listed company (ticker HSDT). It holds SOL tokens in its treasury, runs validators (computers that check blocks on the network) and advises banks on blockchain. On the same day it said it was part of the seventh OASES batch.

What it promises. Its Hong Kong office will serve as its Asia-Pacific headquarters. Under its Pacific Backbone initiative the company will set up Solana validator operations in the city. A company spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the status gives it one point of contact across agencies and regulators, a faster path to hire overseas talent and introductions to local institutions.

Context. The company says the status came weeks after Hong Kong set a goal of a world-leading licensing and regulatory regime for digital assets in its First Five-Year Plan. We give no forecast for SOL or HSDT and no advice to buy or sell.

Fatos confirmados

• Solana Company (Nasdaq: HSDT) said on 22 October 2026 that Hong Kong's OASES designated it a strategic enterprise as part of the seventh batch.^[1]
• The company says it is the only blockchain infrastructure company OASES onboarded in 2026.^[1][3]
• On 22 October Financial Secretary Paul Chan welcomed 18 new strategic enterprises, bringing the total in the program to 142.^[2]
• Half of the new enterprises come from the Chinese Mainland and half from elsewhere; the government expects the whole program to create about 27,000 jobs.^[2]
• OASES was set up in 2022; its companies include Pfizer, GSK, Roche, Dassault Systèmes, DiDi and MiniMax, Solana Company says.^[1]
• The company's Hong Kong office will be its Asia-Pacific headquarters; under Pacific Backbone it will set up Solana validator operations in the city.^[1][3]
• A company spokesperson told Cointelegraph the status brings one point of contact with agencies and regulators, faster hiring of overseas talent and introductions to local institutions.^[3]
• Solana Company holds SOL as part of a digital asset treasury strategy, runs staking and validators and advises financial institutions.^[3]

Implicações

• ConfirmadoThe status gives the company direct contact with Hong Kong agencies, its spokesperson says.
• Nossa leituraHong Kong keeps attracting crypto infrastructure, but this status is not a licence to serve clients.
• Nossa leituraThe news concerns one company and changes little for ordinary users of the Solana network.

Ainda não se sabe

• When the Hong Kong validators will go live and how many there will be.
• Whether the program gives the company money or tax breaks: the announcements say nothing about it.
• Which Hong Kong regulatory licences the company needs for its plans.

Quem é afetado

Hong Kong, Asia, United States. People who follow Solana, crypto company stocks or crypto rules in Asia

Fontes

1. Solana Company (GlobeNewswire via Nasdaq): Solana Company Selected as a Strategic Enterprise by the Hong Kong SAR Government 22 de outubro de 2026 · oficial
2. news.gov.hk (Hong Kong SAR Government): FS welcomes 18 leading enterprises 22 de outubro de 2026 · oficial
3. Cointelegraph: Hong Kong names Nasdaq-listed Solana Company a strategic enterprise 26 de outubro de 2026 · mídia