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HashKey Exchange

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Hash Blockchain Limited

Exchange🇭🇰 Hong Kong Founded 2018hashkey.com
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Last reviewed
2026-08-11

Compliance snapshot

  • SFC Type 1 (dealing in securities) and Type 7 (automated trading services) licences
  • Licensed virtual asset trading platform serving retail and professional investors
  • Insured cold-storage custody with annual assurance reporting
  • Trustpilot 3.8/5 · 340 reviews
Overall concern
Low concern

Licensed virtual asset trading platform under the Hong Kong SFC regime with Type 1 and Type 7 licences, insured custody and audited client asset segregation.

Regulatory

Licenses & registrations

  • 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
    Authorized
    Type 1 and Type 7 licences (VATP)
    Securities and Futures CommissionSFC
    BPF9912022-11-15
    Verify at source
  • 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
    Authorized
    Virtual asset trading platform licence (AMLO)
    Securities and Futures CommissionSFC
    AMLO-VATP-2023-0022023-08-03
    Verify at source
User signals

Reputation

Trustpilot-style score
3.8/ 5
3.8
340 reviews
Improving (12m)
App ratings
App Store
4.2
Google Play
4.0
Press sentiment (12m)
Positive5
Neutral3
Negative1
Media

Recent press

  • 2026-07-13
    HashKey widens retail token coveragePositive

    Reuters — Additional assets cleared the SFC listing criteria.

  • 2026-04-24
    Hong Kong VATP regime maturesPositive

    Bloomberg — Licensed platforms reported rising institutional onboarding.

  • 2026-01-31
    HashKey group raises institutional fundingPositive

    CoinDesk — Capital was earmarked for custody infrastructure.

  • 2025-10-17
    SFC reviews platform custody arrangementsNeutral

    Financial Times — Licensed venues confirmed insurance coverage levels.

  • 2025-06-13
    Retail access expands under licence conditionsNeutral

    Reuters — Onboarding rules for retail investors were clarified.

History

Incidents & enforcement

  1. 2025-02-06Outage

    Order entry unavailable for about 45 minutes during a scheduled platform upgrade.