Golden Finance reports that Hong Kong virtual asset exchange EX. IO (Thousand Whales Technology (BVI) Limited) has received approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) under Category 1 (Securities Trading), Category 7 (Providing automated trading services) license and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Regulations (AML0) to operate a virtual asset trading platform. EX.IO is regarded as one of the virtual asset trading platforms licensed under the licensing system. It is invested by Huasheng Capital Group, a subsidiary of Sina, as the main investor, and Longling Capital and Weixin Jinke (HKG: 2003). A licensed institution with a brokerage background.