Golden Finance reports that the Hong Kong virtual asset exchange EX.IO (Thousand Whales Technology (BVI) Limited) has obtained approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to operate a virtual asset trading platform under License Type 1 (Securities Trading) and License Type 7 (Providing Automated Trading Services) in accordance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (AML0). EX.IO is one of the licensed virtual asset trading platforms under the licensing system, with Sina's Huasheng Capital Group as the main investor, along with investments from Longling Capital and Weixin Jinke (HKG:2003), a licensed institution with a brokerage background.