Recently, Forbes released the "2025 Global Most Trusted Crypto Exchanges and Markets" list, and Hong Kong's largest licensed virtual asset exchange HashKey Exchange was once again on the list, ranking 15th globally. This is the second consecutive year that HashKey Exchange has been honored, and it remains the only crypto exchange in Hong Kong to be listed, firmly establishing itself as one of the most competitive compliant exchanges in Asia.
The Forbes list underwent a rigorous selection process, based on research on more than 200 crypto exchanges listed on sources such as CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, and CryptoCompare, and further filtered by data provided by Arkham and DeFiLlama to select exchanges with larger asset sizes. Ultimately, the exchanges were scored across 9 dimensions, including BTC+ETH support, transparency, regulatory compliance, cost, audit strength, institutional clients, spot trading volume, derivatives trading volume, and crypto product richness, and the weighted scores were used to determine the overall rankings.
Leveraging its outstanding performance in compliance, transparency, and asset security, HashKey Exchange has once again gained global recognition, securing a high score of 4.9 to rank among the top on the list.
The Forbes list mentions that HashKey Exchange is a subsidiary of HashKey Digital Asset Group Limited, headquartered in Hong Kong, and is one of the first crypto exchanges in Hong Kong to be licensed under the new digital asset regulatory framework. The parent company of HashKey Exchange is a compliance-focused group that has been steadily developing in the crypto asset trading and Web3 investment sectors. Although the team is lean, the platform has experienced rapid user growth, currently serving all customer types, including retail, individual professional investors, enterprises, and financial institutions.
*As of February 1, 2025, HashKey Exchange is ranked 7th globally on Coingecko, the highest-ranked licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong.
