Odaily News According to the updated data on the official website of the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission, the application for a virtual asset trading platform license submitted by HKX to the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission was withdrawn on July 17. Relevant information shows that the company name of the virtual asset trading platform operator submitted by HKX is "hi5 (Hong Kong) Limited", and the Chinese name is not applicable. HKX first submitted an application for a virtual asset trading platform license to the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission on February 29, 2024. So far, the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission has announced that a total of 12 applicants have withdrawn and returned virtual asset trading platform licenses, of which 1 has been returned; the number of applicants on the list of virtual asset trading platform applications is 16, of which 11 are considered to be licensed virtual asset trading platform applicants; the list of licensed virtual asset trading platforms remains 2.