OSL Group, Asia’s leading stablecoin trading and payments platform, has announced a $200 million equity funding round to capitalize on the growing demand for compliant digital asset infrastructure and accelerate global expansion in the stablecoin and payments space.
The Hong Kong-based company, which trades on the city’s stock exchange, said on Thursday that the funding will strengthen its capital base and enable it to make strategic acquisitions of licensed trading and payments entities around the world.
The latest salary increase will take place in a few months OSL announced Ivan Wong, the group’s chief financial officer, said it had secured $300 million in equity financing and said the funding would accelerate the build-out of regulated payments infrastructure and access points globally.
This time, Mr Wong said“The market has strongly validated OSL Group’s strategic position in the stablecoin and payments space. This funding round allows us to welcome more like-minded strategic, long-term investors.”
In addition to strengthening our capital base and diversifying our shareholder structure, these funds enable us to seize timely opportunities to acquire licensed trading and payments entities around the world, further solidifying our first-mover advantage as we advance our compliance-driven global strategy. ”
How is OSL expanding its footprint?
OSL has been expanding its footprint in recent months. On the first day of 2026, the company announced that it had completed the acquisition of Banxa Holdings, a global Web3 payments infrastructure provider that enables fiat-to-crypto transactions.
The partnership significantly increases OSL’s payment processing capabilities and expands the company’s presence across multiple jurisdictions.
The company currently holds more than 40 trading and payments licenses in various markets including the United States, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
OSL also launched OSL BizPay, a business-to-business payments solution designed to serve corporate and institutional customers looking to integrate digital assets into their treasury operations. The platform aims to bridge traditional finance and digital currencies, allowing businesses to carry out cross-border payments and settlements more efficiently.
Additionally, in December 2025, it launched USDGO, a US dollar-denominated stablecoin. Scheduled to launch in Q1 2026, the token will be issued by Anchorage Digital and backed 1:1 by USD assets.
OSL positions USDGO as the cornerstone of the global payments infrastructure, targeting use cases such as cross-border payments, treasury operations, and on-chain payments.
Leveraging Hong Kong’s regulatory framework
OSL’s expansion plans come as Hong Kong continues to lead the way as a regional hub for regulated digital assets. The City launched a comprehensive stablecoin regulatory regime managed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on August 1, 2025, with licensing requirements for stablecoin issuers operating in the Hong Kong region.
At least 40 companies have applied for stablecoin licenses under the new framework in 2025, according to Hong Kong’s Treasury Secretary Paul Chan mentioned At the just concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, it was announced that the first batch of stablecoin issuance licenses will be issued in the first quarter of 2026.
There is also a licensing regime for virtual currency trading platforms operating in the Special Administrative Region, of which OSL was the first. 11 crypto asset trading platforms Previously licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission.
