In a major development regarding the security of Crypto Assets, the Hong Kong Futures Committee (SFC) has informed 33 new suspicious sites claiming that it is affiliated with Hashkey, a checked currency trading platform in the region.
this advertisement It increases a number of Hashkey’s flaws to 45. According to SFC, these fraudulent platforms used slight adjustments in the official links associated with Hashki in an attempt to deceive potential investors.
Hashkey response and fears in the Hong Kong Checks Market
Hashki, one of only a few SFC’s encryption exchanges, rushed to separate herself from these fraudulent entities. In an official statement, the Stock Exchange stressed that it is not related to suicide platforms, which enhances the need for customers to verify the links and stay cautious. Statement Read:
To mislead customers, fraudulent websites will appear under different names of the field or with slight adjustments or differences from the official Hashkey Exchange website www.hashkey.com by adding a set of messages, numbers or symbols. Hashkey Exchange announces that it is not related to the above -mentioned fraudulent sites. Web sites do not belong to Hashkey Exchange or their subsidiaries at all. As such, we will not accept responsibility for any issues related to websites.
It is worth noting that during the past three years, SFC has been watching actively the Crossed currency market in Hong Kong, as it has identified at least 91 suspicious trading platforms so far.
This issue is part of a broader regulatory challenge faced by the Hong Kong authorities with the maturity of the local encryption market. The position of the last collapse of JPEX, a digital currency platform accused of working without a license and fraud on about 2000 investors worth $ 1.3 billion from Hong Kong (about 166 million dollars).
The highlight of the scandal is the most important importance of “strict supervision” and rapid action against unlicensed operators.
Hong Kong exports new operational licenses
Meanwhile, Hong Kong continues to expand its organized ecosystem by providing new operating licenses for digital assets.
Earlier this week, SFC announced the approval of two additional panthertrade and YAX- to unify the total number of platforms licensed by two since the organizer began the license program in 2024.
The records available to the public from the Hong Kong government confirm that these newly licensed platforms are registered under the anti -money laundering and terrorist financing decree (AMLO), which is a regulatory framework for digital asset trading platforms in the region.
Since the introduction of this organizational procedure in 2020, it has received 10 exchange of official records, allowing it to work legally within Hong Kong.
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