HashKey Exchange, the largest licensed digital asset trading platform in Hong Kong under the listed company HashKey Holdings Limited (3887.HK), has officially launched Tether Gold (XAUt). Professional investors can trade it through the over-the-counter (OTC) wholesale trading interface, Marketplace. This move marks the first time that gold, a traditional safe-haven asset, has been traded in a compliant manner on a licensed exchange in Hong Kong.
Tether Gold (XAUt) is a gold token product issued by Tether. Each XAUt corresponds to one troy ounce of gold bullion that meets the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) delivery standards. By simply holding XAUt, users can own gold in the form of a digital token on the blockchain, avoiding the inconvenience of physical gold delivery, storage, and transfer.
During market volatility, professional investors often need to hedge risks by allocating safe-haven assets. With the listing of XAUt on HashKey Exchange, investors can directly allocate digital assets into gold through HashKey's OTC mechanism for asset allocation, without the need to switch platforms.
By introducing XAUt, HashKey Exchange has not only, for the first time, integrated gold—a traditional safe-haven asset—into the digital asset trading system, providing investors with a diversified and compliant asset allocation solution, but also taken a crucial step toward bridging traditional finance and digital finance.
Michelle Cheng, Director of HashKey Exchange, said, "In traditional investment environments, gold often requires a separate account or offline channels for allocation, making it difficult to adjust promptly during market fluctuations. We aim to promote the more efficient circulation of RWA assets represented by gold in the digital environment. With the launch of XAUt, users can now buy, sell, and convert gold just like managing other digital assets. This is a concrete implementation of our efforts to address the challenge of gold's illiquidity within a compliant framework."
About HashKey Exchange
HashKey Exchange is a digital asset exchange under the listed company HashKey Holdings Limited (3887.HK). It is committed to setting new benchmarks for virtual asset exchanges in terms of compliance, fund security, and platform safety. Hash Blockchain Limited (HashKey Exchange) is one of the first licensed retail virtual asset exchanges in Hong Kong. It has already obtained approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and holds licenses under the Securities and Futures Ordinance for Class 1 (Securities Trading) and Class 7 (Automated Trading Services), as well as a license under the Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance to operate a virtual asset trading platform, enabling it to operate a compliant virtual asset trading platform. HashKey Exchange has obtained ISO 27001 (Information Security) and ISO 27701 (Data Privacy) management system certifications. To comply with laws and regulations, HashKey Exchange does not provide services to users in mainland China, the United States, and certain other jurisdictions.
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As of January 15, 2026, HashKey Exchange ranks 17th on CoinGecko, making it the highest-ranked licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong.