Hong Kong Grants Its First Retail Virtual-Asset Exchange Approvals

OSL and HashKey received approvals allowing them to serve retail customers under Hong Kong's new virtual-asset regime. OSL said retail trading would begin with Bitcoin and Ether, turning the framework finalized in May and activated in June into actual licensed retail access.

The practical Bitcoin channel was licensed platforms included Bitcoin trading. The measure or case operated through law, licensing, custody, trading, or compliance rather than changing Bitcoin's protocol; where allegations or proposals were involved, they remained allegations or proposals at this stage.

The Bitcoin connection ran through licensed platforms included Bitcoin trading. First execution-stage approvals under the new regime, creating actual regulated retail access.

Feb proposal → May final → Jun effective.