HashKey
Corporate brand
UnclaimedHong Kong-headquartered digital-asset financial group operating a licensed crypto exchange, asset management, venture and blockchain infrastructure businesses.
Last updated October 29, 2026
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Overview
HashKey is the brand of HashKey Group, a Hong Kong-headquartered digital-asset financial services group founded in 2018 by a team with backgrounds in traditional finance and blockchain technology. The group positions itself as a compliance-first operator in Asia's regulated crypto market, building a portfolio of businesses that spans exchange trading, asset management, venture investing, blockchain infrastructure and market data. Its best-known business is HashKey Exchange, which became one of the first platforms licensed by Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission to operate a virtual asset trading platform for retail and professional investors under the city's licensing regime. Alongside the exchange, the group runs HashKey Capital, a digital-asset investment manager and venture arm that has backed blockchain projects and funds; HashKey Cloud, which provides staking, node operation and validator infrastructure; HashKey Tokenisation, focused on tokenised real-world assets and security tokens; and HashKey OTC, a brokerage service for large block trades. The group's positioning rests on regulatory compliance and institutional access rather than offshore retail speculation. It has pursued licences and approvals in multiple jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, and has worked with traditional financial institutions on tokenisation and digital-asset custody pilots. HashKey has also been active in Hong Kong's policy conversation around virtual assets, benefiting from the city's shift toward a regulated licensing framework for crypto trading platforms. HashKey's customers include professional and institutional investors, licensed corporations, family offices and, through the exchange, retail users in permitted markets. The group has raised external funding from venture and strategic investors to expand its licensed operations and technology platform, and it has publicly discussed a potential listing of its shares. Its brand is closely associated with the idea of a 'compliant gateway' between traditional finance and digital assets in Greater China and Asia more broadly.
History
HashKey Group was established in 2018 as a Hong Kong-based digital-asset venture, founded by a team combining traditional financial-market experience with blockchain engineering. From the outset the group framed its strategy around regulatory compliance, arguing that institutional adoption of digital assets would require licensed, auditable intermediaries rather than offshore exchanges. An early pillar was HashKey Capital, the group's investment arm, which built a portfolio across blockchain infrastructure, protocols and digital-asset funds, and became one of the more active Asia-based crypto venture investors. A parallel pillar was HashKey Cloud, which grew out of the group's staking and node-operation work and supplies validator infrastructure to blockchain networks and institutional clients. The group's profile rose sharply with Hong Kong's decision to build a licensing regime for virtual asset trading platforms under the Securities and Futures Commission. HashKey Exchange was among the first platforms to be licensed under that framework, and in 2023 it opened trading to retail users in Hong Kong after the city permitted licensed platforms to serve individual investors under safeguards. This made HashKey one of the few brands able to combine retail access with an SFC licence, a meaningful differentiator against offshore exchanges. Beyond Hong Kong, the group pursued regulated footprints elsewhere in Asia, including Singapore and Japan, and developed HashKey Tokenisation to work with financial institutions on tokenised bonds, funds and other real-world assets. HashKey OTC added a brokerage channel for large trades. The group also engaged in Hong Kong's policy debate on virtual assets, positioning itself as a constructive partner to regulators. HashKey has raised outside capital from venture and strategic investors to fund licensed expansion and technology development, and it has publicly explored a potential initial public offering. Its history is therefore less a story of a single product launch than of building a licensed, multi-business digital-asset group in a jurisdiction that moved from crypto scepticism to a regulated licensing model.
- 2023
HashKey Exchange opens trading to retail investors in Hong Kong under the SFC licensing regime.
- 2018
HashKey Group founded in Hong Kong as a digital-asset financial group.
Products and positioning
Compliance-first, institution-oriented digital-asset financial group bridging traditional finance and regulated crypto markets in Asia.
HashKey Exchange
SFC-licensed virtual asset trading platform serving professional and retail investors in Hong Kong.
HashKey Capital
Digital-asset investment manager and venture arm backing blockchain projects and funds.
HashKey Cloud
Staking, node operation and validator infrastructure for blockchain networks and institutions.
HashKey Tokenisation
Tokenisation of real-world assets and security tokens with financial institutions.
HashKey OTC
Over-the-counter brokerage for large digital-asset block trades.
Recent events
HashKey Holdings reports 2026 interim results with 20.6% revenue growth[2]
HashKey Holdings Limited (03887.HK) released unaudited interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, reporting revenue of HK$343 million, up 20.6% year on year, gross profit of HK$208 million, up 12.5%, and an adjusted loss of HK$315 million, narrowed 21.0% from HK$398 million a year earlier. Transaction facilitation services revenue rose 38.6% to HK$268 million, with institutional client trading volume up 58.8% to HK$231.5 billion, or 82.0% of total platform volume; assets under management stood at HK$5.94 billion.
HashKey subsidiary signs framework agreement to acquire Singapore's APEX[2]
HashKey disclosed in July 2026 that its wholly owned subsidiary entered into a framework agreement with Singapore's Asia Pacific Exchange (APEX) and its major shareholders to acquire all of APEX's equity. APEX holds Recognised Exchange (AE) and Recognised Clearing House (ACH) licences in Singapore; if completed, the deal would strengthen HashKey's trading and clearing infrastructure for institutional clients.
Reported
XanPool secures $4.3 million in pre-Series A funding[3]
XanPool announced that it secured $4.3 million through a pre-Series A funding round led by OK Group, with participation from HashKey and Gumi Cryptos.
Reported
Blockdaemon raises $5.5 million[4]
Blockdaemon acquired $5.5 million in capital from investors including Fenbushi Capital, Hashkey, CoinShares, Blockchain.com, Kenetic, and SPiCE VC, with contributions from several early investors.
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