Hong Kong SFC says virtual asset trading commission income fell 13.5% from the prior half

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission, or SFC, said in its latest financial review of the securities industry that the city’s brokerage sector posted solid growth in the first half of 2026, with net profit rising 21% to HK$51.7 billion. The report also showed that total net commission income and interest income from securities trading, futures and options trading, leveraged foreign exchange trading, and virtual asset trading increased 13% to HK$45.4 billion, up from HK$40.1 billion in the second half of 2025. Within that mix, commission income reported from virtual asset trading moved in the opposite direction. The figure came in at HK$99.3 million in the first half of 2026, down HK$15.5 million from HK$114.8 million in the second half of 2025. That represented a 13.5% decline on a half-over-half basis, according to the SFC report cited by Odaily.