Recently, Forbes released the list of "The World's Most Trustworthy Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Markets in 2025". HashKey Exchange, the largest licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong, was once again on the list, ranking 14th in the world. This is the second consecutive year that HashKey Exchange has won this honor, and it has been the only cryptocurrency exchange in Hong Kong on the list, firmly ranking among the most competitive and compliant exchanges in Asia.
The Forbes list has gone through a rigorous selection process, based on a study of more than 200 crypto exchanges listed by sources such as Coingecko, CoinMarketCap and CryptoCompare, and combined with data provided by Arkham and DeFiLlama to screen out exchanges with larger asset sizes. In the end, the exchanges were scored based on nine dimensions, including BTC+ETH support, transparency, regulatory compliance, cost, audit strength, institutional clients, spot trading volume, derivatives trading volume and richness of crypto products , and the weighted statistics were used to obtain a comprehensive score.
With its outstanding performance in compliance, transparency and asset security , HashKey Exchange has once again gained global recognition and ranked at the top of the list with a high score of 4.9 .
The Forbes list mentioned that HashKey Exchange is affiliated to HashKey Digital Asset Group Limited , which is headquartered in Hong Kong. It is one of the first cryptocurrency exchanges in Hong Kong to obtain a trading license under the new digital asset regulatory framework. The parent company of HashKey Exchange is a group enterprise that focuses on compliance first and has steadily developed in the fields of crypto asset trading and Web3 investment. Despite the small size of the team, the platform's user base has grown rapidly and currently covers all customer types, including retail, individual professional investors, enterprises, and financial institutions.
* As of February 1 , 2025 , HashKey Exchange ranks 7th in Coingecko's global exchange rankings and is the highest-ranked licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong .
