CoinVoice has recently learned that the Hong Kong Virtual Asset Exchange (HKVAX) has become the third cryptocurrency exchange to obtain a license from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to serve retail customers, and is also the third exchange in Hong Kong to obtain a full license.

HKVAX has obtained Type 1 (Securities Trading) and Type 7 (Providing Automated Trading Services) Virtual Asset Trading Platform (VATP) licenses, as well as an Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing license to operate a virtual asset trading platform. [Original link]