PANews reported on May 21 that the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) updated its information on virtual asset trading platform license applications on its official website. It shows that bitcoinworld submitted an application for a virtual asset trading platform license to the SFC on May 17, 2024. The name of the virtual asset trading platform operator company submitted is "Bitcoin World Technology Limited," with no Chinese name available yet. As of now, the number of virtual asset trading platform license applicants announced by the SFC is 21, with 5 applications withdrawn and 1 (Meex) application returned.