Odaily Planet Daily News: Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission plans to promote thematic business trials and encourage financial institutions to apply for trial virtual asset custody business. Currently, three banks have expressed interest, and the first trial application for virtual asset custody business is expected to appear in the first quarter of next year. The Financial Supervisory Commission regulates the virtual asset industry and plans to launch a special law draft at the end of this year to give the industry a clear basis for development. On the other hand, in order to encourage financial innovation, the Financial Supervisory Commission also plans to allow financial institutions to trial virtual asset custody business through thematic business trials. Hu Zehua, director of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Financial Supervisory Commission, explained at a regular press conference that he hopes to publicly disclose the information to solicit external opinions for 15 days before officially accepting applications from financial institutions for virtual asset custody business trials. The information will be revised based on external opinions and the date of the formal acceptance of thematic business trials will be officially announced. The Financial Supervisory Commission estimates that the first application will appear in the first quarter of next year. The Financial Supervisory Commission will pay special attention to the security of custody services. In addition to security, it will also attach importance to the implementation of anti-money laundering measures. Financial institutions must especially block virtual assets that come from illegal funds to avoid the risk that the entire virtual asset wallet may eventually be seized.