[Alchemy Pay's Hong Kong Investment Target HTF Securities Approved by SFC, Upgrades Virtual Asset Trading License] Odaily Planet Daily News: Crypto payment company Alchemy Pay announced that its Hong Kong strategic investment target, HTF Securities Limited, has been approved by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to upgrade its Type 1 (securities trading) license to include virtual asset trading services, covering both professional and retail investors. Previously, the two parties had jointly completed the Type 4 license VA upgrade and are currently advancing the application for the Type 9 license upgrade. Additionally, Alchemy Pay's stablecoin payment public chain, Alchemy Chain, launched its testnet in March this year, with over 150,000 test addresses since its launch.