Harvest Global CEO and CIO Tongli Han said he ‘doesn’t rule out’ applying to offer its bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds via the Stock Connect program for mainland Chinese investors if “everything goes well” in the next two years.

Harvest Global is one of the three issuers of Asia's first spot bitcoin and ether ETFs, alongside China Asset Management (ChinaAMC) and Bosera/HashKey, which debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last month as part of the city’s plans to become a global crypto hub.

Han's comments were made during the two-day Bitcoin Asia conference that kicked off in Hong Kong on Thursday, the South China Morning Post reported.

Launched in May 2022, ETF Connect allows investors from mainland China to access a selection of ETFs listed in Hong Kong. The initiative is an …