PANews, February 16 — According to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission’s official website update today, Victory Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (Victory Fintech Company Limited) has obtained a license to operate a virtual asset trading platform for its digital asset trading platform VDX. The organization is authorized to conduct regulated activities including Type 1 (securities trading) and Type 7 (automated trading services). Additionally, its subsidiary VDX Custody Limited has been licensed under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance to provide digital asset custody services. As of now, the number of licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong has increased to 12.
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