我在香港注册了币安、Coinbase 和 Kraken——为什么这种事不应该发生

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尽管 5 月 31 日开始禁止未经许可的平台，但顶级加密货币交易所仍在继续为香港客户提供服务。

我应该知道。我住在香港，为了测试哪些加密货币交易所正在改变其居民入职流程，我上周尝试在全球十大平台上开设账户。

尽管官方记录显示，Binance、Coinbase 和 Kraken 都没有申请许可证，更不用说获得许可证了，但我还是在 Binance、Coinbase 和 Kraken 取得了成功。

新政权

监管机构希望新的许可制度能够遏制该市失控的加密犯罪。

投资者损失了价值数亿美元的存款，这些存款被网上交易所盗取，消失得无影无踪，还遭遇了一系列古怪的骗局，包括爱情骗局、承诺追回被盗资产的假冒加密货币律师等。

据负责监管市场的证券及期货事务监察委员会（SFC）称，2023 年加密犯罪案件较上一年增加了 46%。

据警方官员称，这还不包括针对 JPEX 的 6,200 多起投诉，JPEX 于去年秋天消失，卷走了约 2 亿美元的客户存款。

“包括ByBit、OKX、Mexc 和 KuCoin 在内的多家公司都阻止我注册。”

香港证监会表示，其许可制度将允许投资者从其网站上维护的名册中选择信誉良好的加密货币交易所。

为了获得资格，交易所必须在 2 月 29 日之前提出申请。未提出申请的交易所必须在 5 月 31 日之前停止服务。已申请牌照的公司可以继续运营，直到证监会决定是否批准其申请。

证监会的名单中没有显示币安、Coinbase 或 Kraken。

Kraken 拒绝对本文发表评论。Coinbase 也没有回应置评请求。

币安确实回复了。一位发言人告诉DL News

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证监会的一位代表也拒绝发表评论。

遵守规定的人

一些平台已经遵守了香港的新规定。HashKey Exchange 获得了牌照。OSL 也是如此。

其他交易所已选择撤资。

OKX 和 Bybit 直到最近才申请在香港获得牌照，但现在已经停止了服务并撤回了申请。Gate.io（作为 Gate.HK）、HTX 和币安关联公司 HKVAEX 也是如此。

包括 ByBit、OKX、Mexc 和 KuCoin 在内的几家公司都阻止我注册。为了达到这个目的，他们追踪 IP 地址，不允许验证香港电话号码，或者在要求提供地址证明时拒绝香港地址。

币安的严厉警告

我以为币安不会起作用。

For starters, the website itself had previously been inaccessible in Hong Kong. I used to need a VPN to access it.

At some point it came back but the homepage bears a stark warning: “The products and services on this website are not intended for individuals in Hong Kong. Nothing on this website is intended to be construed as a solicitation of any individual in Hong Kong.”

After filling in some details, including my Hong Kong phone number, address and uploading a photo of my ID card, I was happily buying Ether, no problem.

Binance did make an effort to try and get licensed in Hong Kong through a local company, HKVAEX, which is a separate exchange.

HKVAEX withdrew its licence application in April and told users to take their money off the platform.

Coinbase’s fuzziness

Coinbase was invited to apply for a licence in June last year by Hong Kong legislator Johnny Ng. At the time, a Coinbase spokesperson told CoinDesk that it was “dedicated to partnering with high-bar regulators.”

The company did not take Ng up on his offer. Its website doesn’t appear to take different jurisdictions into account.

When I try to open an account, I’m told Coinbase is collecting information about me to “comply with regulations” and that it’s “legally required” to ask for certain information.

By whom? Which nation’s regulations is Coinbase referring to?

This is not specified. Hmmm. Coinbase has not applied for a licence in Hong Kong and is not regulated here, the SFC’s list shows.

Nevertheless, the fine print in its legal and privacy disclosures specifically states that the agreement on its website applies to “customers who reside in Singapore and selected countries (Hong Kong and the Philippines).”

In any event, Coinbase’s know-your-customer process approved my application. For some reason, the only method of depositing fiat currency into the account was via an old fashioned bank transfer.

So I duly paid to send my cash from my Hong Kong account to Singapore. Then I bought my ETH.

“Doesn’t it feel good to own a piece of the future?” said the purchase confirmation email from the company that only accepted deposits via bank transfer.

Kraken’s handy articles

Like Coinbase, Kraken’s website also said it needed to collect certain information due to legal requirements.

A link beneath this message told me I could “learn more.” But the link took me to a blog page that had nothing to do with regulation and instead featured articles entitled “What is Bitcoin?” and “What is blockchain?”

Its terms of service make no mention of Hong Kong. I went through the process and bought some Ether.

Then I sat for a moment as a stark realisation hit me — I was now going to have to do all this again in reverse to withdraw the funds.

I decided to have a cup of tea instead.

Callan Quinn is DL News’ Hong Kong-based Asia Correspondent. Get in touch at callan@dlnews.com.

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