Hong Kong Grants First License to Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
Hong Kong now has its first regulated cryptocurrency trading platform. The Securities and Futures Commission has just given out the first-ever crypto license to OSL Digital Securities which will soon commence trading for several cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. Hong Kong Gives Out First Crypto License Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has licensed the first crypto trading platform in Hong Kong. The securities regulator announced Wednesday: It has granted the first licence to a virtual asset trading platform in Hong Kong. The SFC website shows that OSL Digital....
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