Hong Kong approves first retail cryptocurrency exchanges

The exchanges widen clientele as city positions itself as a crypto hub

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Hong Kong is allowing cryptocurrency exchanges to offer trading services to retail investors. (Source photos by Getty)

ECHO WONG, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- HashKey Exchange and OSL have become the first cryptocurrency exchanges in Hong Kong to secure licenses for retail investors to trade on their platforms, two months after the local regulator said it would allow companies to offer such services.

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