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HK regulator warns against unlicensed virtual asset trading platform Sure X

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today warned the public of a purported virtual asset trading platform (VATP) operating under the name of “Sure X” (also known as “Sure Bit International Pte Ltd / Sure Bit International Ltd / Sure 9”).

Sure X refers to a purported VATP which operates at the websites https://surexchanqe.io and http://sure9.com.

The SFC suspects that Sure X may have actively marketed its purported VATP services to Hong Kong investors without a licence under the guise of providing education and training on blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

Under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance, it is an offence to carry on a business of providing a virtual asset service (ie, operating a virtual asset exchange) in Hong Kong and/or actively market such services to Hong Kong investors…
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