Jiemian Interview with Hu Zhenbang from OSL: How the First Licensed Exchange in Hong Kong Views the Future Regulatory Trends
In 2019, the Hong Kong-listed company “Brand China” chose to change its name to “BC Technology” and fully entered the digital assets and blockchain field. On December 15, 2020, OSL, a digital asset trading platform under the BC Technology Group, obtained the first and seventh licenses under the regulatory framework of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, becoming the first digital asset trading platform with a listed parent company, licensed in Hong Kong, covered by asset insurance, and audited by the Big Four accounting firms. After the new policy on virtual assets in Hong Kong officially landed on June 1, 2022, OSL became one of the first crypto platforms to apply for virtual asset retail trading business. For a long time, OSL has been the only licensed and listed digital asset trading platform in Hong Kong. Benefiting from compliance advantages, they have successively cooperated with traditional financial giants such as DBS Bank and Standard Chartered Bank in the field o...