Hong Kong-based Diginex Receives Approval to Upgrade to Type 4 License, Plans to Launch Virtual Asset Trading Services Starting in February

On January 16, Hong Kong-listed firm Diginex announced that its Hong Kong subsidiary Diginex Securities Limited received conditional approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on January 15 to offer virtual asset advisory services—upgrading its existing Type 4 license (securities advising). Under the approval terms, Diginex Securities may only provide this advisory service to professional investors who are existing clients of its Type 4 business. The firm had previously secured approval to upgrade its Type 1 license (securities dealing). Diginex Holdings noted it expects to officially launch virtual asset trading services in February this year, following completion of system connectivity and testing with SFC-licensed platforms. This license upgrade will support the Group’s strategy in the virtual asset and Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization sector.