Mirae Asset Securities enters Hong Kong's retail digital asset market

SEOUL, April 15 (UPI) -- South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities said Wednesday it received approval to enter Hong Kong's digital asset market for retail investors.

The Seoul-based brokerage noted that Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission granted a Virtual Asset License Uplift to its local affiliate.

Under that license, Mirae Asset Securities said that it would launch digital asset trading services through its mobile trading system in June.

At the same time, the company plans to roll out a system enabling its clients in Hong Kong to directly invest in the South Korean stock market.

Mirae Asset Securities has tried to make its presence felt in the Hong Kong market. In January, it became the first South Korean securities firm to issue digital bonds there.

Building on its Hong Kong operations, Mirae Asset Securities aims to expand into digital asset markets in such countries as the United States, China and Singapore.

Mirae Asset Hong Kong's CEO Seong Jun-yeop said that the license has allowed the firm to establish a new investment ecosystem connecting traditional and digital assets.

"Moving forward, we plan to evolve our mobile platform into a comprehensive hub, which integrates real-world assets and tokenization-based digital assets," Seong said in a statement.

"In the mid-to-long term, we will keep expanding the Web3 financial ecosystem while also extending our digital asset business models into the Chinese market," he said.

Web3 refers to the next generation of the Internet, which incorporates various concepts, including decentralization and blockchain technologies.

The share price of Mirae Asset Securities declined 3.73% on the Seoul bourse on Tuesday.

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This story was originally published April 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM.