Trade Monero in Hong Kong

This page answers one question for Hong Kong: how a resident actually gets XMR exposure, and what the rules say.

Is Monero trading legal in Hong Kong?

Spot crypto and leveraged crypto derivatives have to be answered separately in Hong Kong, and only the first is settled here. Spot: the SFC runs a licensing regime for virtual asset trading platform operators, and an SFC-licensed platform may admit virtual assets for trading by retail clients — the SFC's own conduct FAQ discusses what a platform operator must do when an asset 'available for trading by its retail clients' stops meeting the admission criteria, which only makes sense in a regime where retail trading on a licensed platform is allowed. Licensed platforms carry heavy obligations: custody, Know-Your-Client, AML/CFT, asset-admission criteria, market-abuse prevention, audit, risk management and cybersecurity.

What the contract is

The contract itself does not change by geography: a XMR perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.

Sign up on Canborsa with email, X or a wallet

No document upload to open the account. Canborsa is non-custodial: your collateral stays under your own keys until a position opens.

Email X Wallet

Fund the account with USDC

Deposit USDC over Canton, Robinhood Chain, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain or Arbitrum. Canborsa takes no fiat, so buying the USDC happens wherever you normally buy stablecoins.

→Robinhood Chain

Open XMR-PERP

Pick XMR in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 5x .

XMR-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of XMR at 5x uses $200 of collateral. Higher leverage moves the liquidation price closer to your entry: your exposure is the position size, whatever margin you posted. Set a stop-loss below your entry before you walk away.

Hong Kong charges Profits Tax on a territorial basis and expressly excludes profits arising from the sale of capital assets; the Inland Revenue Department also states that no tax is levied on profits arising abroad, even if they are remitted to Hong Kong.

Trading Monero from Hong Kong: legal.

Hong Kong charges Profits Tax on a territorial basis and expressly excludes profits arising from the sale of capital assets; the Inland Revenue Department also states that no tax is levied on profits arising abroad, even if they are remitted to Hong Kong.

Full identity verification at account opening on a licensed venue: SFC-licensed virtual asset trading platforms must run Know-Your-Client processes and comply with the SFC's AML/CFT guideline for licensed corporations and SFC-licensed virtual asset service providers.

Hong Kong residents can trade Monero on 17 platforms, including Aevo, Aster and Avantis.