Hong Kong's first virtual asset licensed retail exchange "Hashkey Exchange" announced on Monday (August 28) to officially open retail trading services.

According to the Hong Kong Sakurashi News Agency, the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission announced on June 1 this year that it has begun to accept the application of virtual asset service providers, facing institutions that have operated virtual asset business in Hong Kong.Hashkey Exchange has been upgraded by the CSRC's licenses earlier, becoming the first licensed trading platform for Hong Kong to facing the retail user exhibition industry.

Hashkey Exchange has now realized all -weather operations, and strictly abide by the user registration and regulatory requirements of the CSRC.The platform supports the US dollar and Hong Kong dollar banks, and plans to launch more virtual asset transactions after meeting the requirements of tokens stipulated by the CSRC.

Hashkey Exchange currently does not support the use of mainland Chinese users. It is only open to 16 countries and regions approved, which also includes Hong Kong.