HashKey Exchange, the largest* licensed digital asset trading platform in Hong Kong under listed company HashKey Holdings Limited (3887.HK), has officially listed Tether Gold (XAUt). Professional investors can trade it via the over-the-counter (OTC) bulk trading Marketplace interface. This move signifies the first compliant trading of gold, a traditional safe-haven asset, on a licensed exchange in Hong Kong.
Tether Gold (XAUt) is a gold-backed product issued by Tether, with each XAUt token representing one troy ounce of a gold bar that meets the delivery standards of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA). By holding XAUt, users can own gold in the form of an on-chain digital token, eliminating the inconveniences associated with the delivery, storage, and transfer of physical gold.
During periods of market volatility, professional investors often need to allocate safe-haven assets to hedge risks. With the listing of XAUt on HashKey Exchange, investors can directly allocate their digital assets to gold through HashKey's OTC mechanism without switching platforms, facilitating asset allocation.
By introducing XAUt, HashKey Exchange has not only incorporated gold, a traditional safe-haven asset, into the digital asset trading ecosystem for the first time, providing investors with diversified and compliant asset allocation options, but it has also taken a key step in bridging traditional finance and digital finance.
Michelle Cheng, Director of HashKey Exchange, stated: "In traditional investment environments, gold often requires separate accounts or offline channels for allocation, making it difficult to adjust promptly during market fluctuations. We aim to promote the more efficient circulation of Real World Assets (RWA), represented by gold, in the digital environment. With the listing of XAUt, users can buy, sell, and convert gold just like managing other digital assets. This is a concrete implementation of our efforts to address the challenges of gold allocation within a compliant framework."
About HashKey Exchange
HashKey Exchange is a digital asset exchange under listed company HashKey Holdings Limited (3887.HK), committed to setting new benchmarks for virtual asset exchanges in terms of compliance, fund security, and platform safety. Hash Blockchain Limited (HashKey Exchange) is one of the first licensed retail virtual asset exchanges in Hong Kong. It has obtained approval from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong to hold licenses for Type 1 (dealing in securities) and Type 7 (providing automated trading services) under the Securities and Futures Ordinance, as well as a license to operate a virtual asset trading platform under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance, enabling it to operate a virtual asset trading platform in compliance with regulations. HashKey Exchange has obtained ISO 27001 (information security) and ISO 27701 (data privacy) management system certifications. To comply with laws and regulations, HashKey Exchange does not provide services to users in Mainland China, the United States, and certain other jurisdictions.
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* As of January 15, 2026, HashKey Exchange is ranked 17th on CoinGecko, making it the highest-ranked licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong.
