Updated data on the official website of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission shows that the application for a virtual asset trading platform license submitted by VAEX to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission was withdrawn on May 24.
Relevant information shows that the company name of the virtual asset trading platform operator submitted by VAEX is "Hong Kong VAEXC Limited", and the Chinese name is not applicable. VAEX first submitted an application for a virtual asset trading platform license to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission on November 25, 2023.
So far, the number of applicants whose virtual asset trading platform licenses have been withdrawn and returned by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is 10, 1 has been returned, and the number of virtual asset trading platform applications on the list is 18.