Futu Securities is now authorized to offer loan services in Hong Kong, letting qualified customers borrow money using their securities to trade virtual assets like cryptocurrencies.
Summary
- Futu Securities has secured SFC approval to offer virtual asset trading financing services to eligible clients in Hong Kong.
- Clients can now use credit obtained through traditional securities margin financing for cryptocurrency trading.
- The approval expands Futu’s crypto offerings as Hong Kong continues to build out its digital asset regulatory framework.
Hong Kong’s financial regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission, has given Futu Securities permission to offer financing options for virtual asset trading to eligible investors, according to reports from local news outlets.
Now, clients can use stocks and other traditional investments as collateral to finance their cryptocurrency trades. Previously, funds held in standard investment accounts couldn’t be used for crypto trading, but this change allows those funds to be used in the digital asset market.
据 Aastocks，富途证券宣布已获香港证监会审核通过 1 号牌(证券交易)服务升级，在香港向合资格客户推出虚拟资产交易融资服务，据了解该服务的抵押品须为传统证券，过往客户透过传统证券融资(margin)所获得的信贷额度不可用于加密货币交易，目前放宽至可用于加密货币交易。…
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Futu is now the first brokerage in Hong Kong to let customers borrow money to trade digital assets, the report states. This expands the platform’s offerings – which already include stocks, ETFs, options, funds, bonds, and cryptocurrencies – to include financing for crypto trading.
Financing expansion follows crypto push
Over the past years, Futu has steadily added digital asset services to its platform. In May 2025, the brokerage introduced crypto deposit services for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether, allowing eligible investors to deposit and trade virtual assets through its trading app.
At the time, Futu said users could move between cryptocurrencies and traditional investment products from a single account.
Crypto trading itself was introduced in 2024, after the firm secured a securities license upgrade that allowed it to provide virtual asset services to both retail and professional investors. The company has positioned its platform as a place where users can access traditional and digital assets through the same interface.
Regulators are now focusing on using collateral in crypto financing. The SFC eased rules in February to allow virtual assets to be accepted as collateral, but until new capital rules are implemented, the full value of these virtual assets will still be deducted when calculating financial resources.
According to the SFC circular cited in the report, that treatment could create operational challenges for firms seeking to use virtual assets directly as margin collateral because the current rules reduce the capital efficiency of those holdings.
The approval arrives as Hong Kong continues to expand its regulatory framework for digital assets. In May 2026, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the SFC finalized consultation conclusions on proposed licensing regimes for virtual asset advisory and portfolio management services, extending oversight beyond trading platforms, custody providers, and stablecoin issuers.
Authorities said the planned framework would apply traditional financial regulatory standards to virtual asset activities, with legislation expected to be submitted to the Legislative Council during 2026.
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2026-06-11 12:53