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Hong Kong Regulator Releases Crypto Staking Rules for Licensed Exchanges
7.4.2025
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission has given a green light for virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs) and authorized virtual asset funds to offer staking services
Hong Kong’s SFC Grants License to Bullish For Virtual Asset Trading
19.2.2025
Hong Kong’s regulator, Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has granted a license to Bullish, a leading virtual asset…
Korea’s Crypto Leap: FSC to Permit Institutional Investors to Open Virtual Asset Trading Accounts in H2
17.2.2025
Starting in the second half of the year, South Korea will allow certain institutional investors, including listed companies, to open virtual asset trading accounts. Risks of Institutional Participation South Korea will allow certain institutional investors to open virtual asset trading accounts...
4 more virtual asset trading platforms licensed in Hong Kong
18.12.2024
Cryptocurrency traders in Hong Kong now have a choice of seven platforms for buying and selling four cryptocurrencies
4 more virtual asset trading platforms licensed in Hong Kong
18.12.2024
Cryptocurrency traders in Hong Kong now have a choice of seven platforms for buying and selling four cryptocurrencies
Bolivia reports 100% rise in virtual asset trading since lifting Bitcoin ban
27.9.2024
The rise came immediately after Bolivia’s central bank lifted a 42-month ban on cryptocurrency payments, allowing financial entities to conduct transactions with digital assets
Hong Kong considers new licensing regime for OTC crypto trading
13.9.2024
Hong Kong's SFC is exploring new licensing regulations for OTC cryptocurrency services, seeking input from industry participants
HKVAEX, Linked to Binance, Withdraws License Application from Hong Kong’s SFC
29.3.2024
HKVAEX, linked to the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, has withdrawn its virtual asset trading platform license application from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) post deadline.
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HashKey Partners with Victory Securities for Enhanced Custody and Trading Services
28.3.2024
HashKey Exchange and the Securities and Futures Commission licensed Victory Securities collaborate to bolster virtual asset trading and custody solutions for investors in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Securities Regulator Issues Warning Against ‘Unlicensed’ Crypto Platform Bybit
16.3.2024
The Hong Kong securities regulator has labelled the crypto platform Bybit an unlicensed virtual asset trading platform (VATP). The regulator has also added Bybit’s products to its alert list of suspicious investment products. The Hong Kong regulator also advised the public to stop patronizing...
Hong Kong SFC Warns of Websites Impersonating Regulated Crypto Exchanges
4.3.2024
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a public warning today, urging investors to be cautious of suspicious websites impersonating legitimate virtual asset trading platforms.
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Matrixport Files Virtual Asset Trading License Application with Hong Kong SFC
28.2.2024
Matrixport applied for a virtual asset trading license with Hong Kong's securities regulator on Feb. 26. A roster published on the Securities and Futures Commission website showed that the platform's Hong Kong-based branch is called Flying Hippo Technologies.
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Crypto.com Applies For Crypto Exchange License With Hong Kong SFC
14.2.2024
Crypto.com, the US-based cryptocurrency exchange, has thrown its hat into the ring for a license to operate in Hong Kong. The company submitted an application to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on February 9th, seeking approval to operate as a virtual asset trading platform...
Hong Kong Securities Regulator Issues Warning to Unlicensed Virtual Asset Trading Platforms
6.2.2024
The region’s securities regulator has said that Hong Kong crypto investors must only use or trade on approved virtual asset trading platforms. The regulator urged crypto investors using platforms not featured on its two lists to close accounts or transfer funds to licensed entities. Verifying...
Hong Kong Authorities Urge Crypto Investors to Verify Licenses
5.2.2024
Hong Kong’s securities regulator warned crypto investors on Monday to only use licensed trading platforms and to verify the status of the exchanges they have signed up to. The announcement comes as the deadline approaches for Hong Kong-based virtual asset trading platforms to submit license...
Digital Asset Exchange Bybit Applies For Hong Kong VATP License
1.2.2024
Digital asset exchange Bybit has applied for a Virtual Asset Trading Operator (VATP) license in Hong Kong. The exchange filed the application to Hong Kong’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SFC) through Spark Fintech Limited according to the regulator’s website. The SFC official website shows...
Bixin Applies for Crypto Exchange License With Hong Kong SFC
25.1.2024
Virtual asset trading platform Bixin has applied for a virtual asset trading platform license with Hong Kong Securities Futures Commission. So far, 13 crypto firms have applied for the similar license with the Hong Kong regulator. As per the official SFC website, virtual asset trading platform...
Hong Kong Chief Executive Expresses Willingness to Cooperate on Granting More Powers to Regulate Crypto Exchanges: Report
29.11.2023
Source: Pixabay The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee, has responded to the recent investigation into the unlicensed virtual-asset trading platform Hounax. On November 27, Chief Executive John Lee addressed the recent virtual platform supervision fraud...
Binance-Linked Crypto Exchange HKVAEX Applies for Virtual Asset Trading Platform License in Hong Kong
27.11.2023
Image Source: Pixabay Crypto exchange HKVAEX, which is reportedly backed by Binance, has applied for a virtual asset trading platform license with Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). According to Hong Kong’s lists of virtual asset trading platforms, HKVAEX submitted...
Interactive Brokers Hong Kong licensed in Hong Kong for retail virtual asset trading
24.11.2023
Interactive Brokers Hong Kong was approved for a license in Hong Kong for virtual asset trading for retail clients, as announced by the regional managing director on LinkedIn