PANews reported on November 1 that the official website of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission updated the application information for the virtual asset trading platform license, which showed that Nebulas Exchange had submitted an application for a virtual asset trading platform license to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission on October 25, 2024. The name of the virtual asset trading platform operator company submitted was "Nebulas Hong Kong Limited", and there is no Chinese name yet. As of now, the number of applicants for virtual asset trading platform licenses announced by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is 15. According to the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Ordinance, HKbitEX, PantherTrade, Accumulus, DFX Labs, Bixin.com, xWhale, YAX, Bullish, Crypto.com, WhaleFin, and Matrixport HK, a total of 11 platforms are considered to have been licensed.

Nebulas Exchange has submitted an application for a virtual asset trading platform license to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission on October 25