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Zhiyuan Sun6 hours agoInteractive Brokers opens Hong Kong retail crypto trading with OSLHong Kong clients will be able to purchase Bitcoin and Ether in their personal accounts.729 Total views8 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsJoin us on social networksInteractive Brokers, one of the largest brokerage firms in the world, has opened crypto trading for retail clients in Hong Kong.


According to the Nov. 28 announcement, the service is offered in conjunction with OSL, one of the first crypto exchanges to receive a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) in Hong Kong. “Interactive Brokers’ retail investors in Hong Kong now have immediate access to digital asset trading through a single unified platform powered by OSL,” the developers wrote.


Per its website, Hong Kong clients of Interactive Brokers can hold Bitcoin (BTC) or Ether (ETH) in their personal accounts alongside stocks, derivatives, commodities, forex and other assets. Each trade is charged a commission equal to 0.20% to 0.30% of the transaction value.


Last week, Cointelegraph reported that Interactive Brokers had received a license for retail virtual asset trading in Hong Kong. However, the license only grants the firm the ability to broker trades in Bitcoin and Ether at the moment.


On Nov. 14, BC Technology Group, owned by the OSL exchange, announced it had received a $90-million equity investment from blockchain firm BGX. The firm had previously considered selling the OSL exchange for 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, or $128 million.


Although Hong Kong was one of the first jurisdictions to issue licenses for cryptocurrency exchanges, momentum has been somewhat stifled by a series of exchange scandals. In September, JPEX, one of the region’s largest crypto exchanges, collapsed, leading to 66 arrests and an estimated 1.6 billion Hong Kong dollars ($205 million) in losses. On Nov. 25, Hounax, another unlicensed crypto exchange in Hong Kong, reportedly scammed 145 residents out of 148 million HKD ($18.9 million) through an alleged Ponzi scheme.


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