Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced that it will launch the HKEx Virtual Asset Index Series (Index Series) on November 15 this year, providing a reliable benchmark price for the rapidly emerging asset class of virtual assets and supporting Hong Kong's development as a leading digital asset center in Asia. The index series will provide a transparent and reliable benchmark for the pricing of bitcoin and ether in Asian time zones, and is committed to providing a unified reference price for virtual assets and addressing price differences between such assets on global exchanges.