Services now available to professional investors with 24/7 crypto spot trading and asset safeguarding following SFC Type 1 license uplift
AMINA Limited, a subsidiary of Swiss FINMA-regulated AMINA Bank AG, has achieved a major regulatory milestone with its Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Type 1 license uplift, becoming the first international banking group to offer comprehensive crypto spot trading and asset safeguarding services now available exclusively to professional investors in Hong Kong. This expansion reinforces AMINA’s vision of operating locally as a regulated crypto services provider with global reach, enabling Hong Kong professional investors, including institutions, corporates, and high-net-worth individuals, to access institutional-grade crypto services within Hong Kong’s robust regulatory framework.
The launch addresses a critical gap in Hong Kong’s institutional crypto market. While the city has established regulatory frameworks for digital assets, professional investors and family offices have faced limited access to international institutional-grade crypto with local onboarding capabilities. AMINA HK’s license uplift — in conjunction with the group’s bank-grade operational expertise — bridges this gap, positioning the banking group as essential infrastructure for Hong Kong’s accelerating institutional crypto adoption wave. The market has evolved beyond early adoption phases, with sophisticated investors now demanding regulated, institutional-grade access to crypto services that meet the same standards as traditional financial products.
“Hong Kong has established itself as the region’s most sophisticated market for regulated institutional crypto adoption, and this license uplift positions AMINA to serve the accelerating demand from professional investors seeking trusted access to crypto,” said Michael Benz, Head of AMINA Hong Kong and APAC. “What distinguishes AMINA is our ability to combine Swiss banking rigor with Hong Kong digital asset expertise to deliver crypto solutions through a framework that institutional clients can trust. This milestone enables us to expand our crypto product shelf, including private fund management, structured products, derivatives, and tokenized real-world assets — all delivered through the regulated framework that our professional investor community demands.”
With the Type 1 license uplift, AMINA HK offers 24/7 crypto spot trading, asset safeguarding, and crypto deposits and withdrawals directly to and from whitelisted addresses through a framework designed to meet SFC regulatory standards. These capabilities streamline client journeys while maintaining the institutional-grade standards that professional investors, family offices, and institutional clients require.
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