Overview
- Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission granted AMINA HK a Type 1 licence uplift authorizing institutional crypto trading and custody.
- The approval covers 13 assets, including Bitcoin, Ether, USD Coin, and Tether, for professional investors under a regulated framework.
- AMINA says the clearance will support planned offerings spanning private funds, structured products, derivatives, and tokenized real-world assets.
- AMINA’s entry adds pressure on licensed local providers such as Tiger Brokers and HashKey as more global banks evaluate applications.
- The bank reports a 233% rise in first-half 2025 trading volumes on Hong Kong exchanges and recently obtained EU MiCA authorization via Austria.