EX.IO, led by Sina's Huasheng Group, has obtained a license to operate a virtual asset trading platform issued by the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory

the Hong Kong virtual asset exchange EX.IO (Thousand Whales Technology (BVI) Limited) has obtained approval from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong to operate a virtual asset trading platform under the Type 1 (securities trading) and Type 7 (providing automated trading services) licenses, as well as the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (AML0). EX.IO is one of the virtual asset trading platforms that has been granted a license under the licensing regime, with Sina's Huasheng Capital Group as its main investor and Longling Capital and Vixen Kinco (HKG:2003) as licensed institutions with brokerage backgrounds.