AMINA Bank Wins Hong Kong Crypto Licence Upgrade

Swiss lender AMINA Bank has secured Hong Kong’s first full-service crypto approval for an international group after the Securities and Futures Commission granted an uplift to its Type 1 licence for professional investors.

The AMINA Bank crypto licence comes as Hong Kong’s trading volumes rose 233% in the first half of 2025, signalling stronger institutional adoption despite strict regulation.

AMINA can now support 13 assets including bitcoin, ether, USDC, tether and leading DeFi tokens, and plans to introduce private fund products, derivatives and tokenised real-world assets under Hong Kong’s framework.

Founded in Zug in 2018, the bank holds a Swiss banking licence and has expanded into Abu Dhabi’s ADGM and Hong Kong, where it previously held licences in securities dealing, advisory and asset management.