TL;DR:
- HashKey launched Pro, an institutional-grade platform that unifies trading, custody and brokerage services for digital assets.
- The platform operates under a VARA license in Dubai and includes an omnibus account structure for banks, brokers and asset managers serving their own clients.
- HashKey Pro offers fully insured custody, ISO 27001 and 27701 certifications, and compatibility with FIX 4.4 and 5.0 SP2 protocols.
HashKey MENA announced the launch of Pro, a full-service platform designed exclusively for financial institutions seeking access to the digital asset market through a regulated and operationally robust infrastructure. The offering targets brokers, banks, asset managers and other professional firms that until now lacked a unified solution tailored to their operational standards.
HashKey Pro integrates into a single system order book trading, OTC request-for-quote operations, custody, omnibus account support and API connectivity. The omnibus account model allows investors to operate through their own financial institutions, while those institutions maintain a centralized account with HashKey Pro and channel all trading and custody activity through it.
Ben El-Baz, Managing Director of HashKey MENA, stated the platform’s objective plainly: “Institutions don’t need another retail-style venue dressed up for professional users. They need infrastructure that reflects how institutional markets actually operate.”
HashKey Pro Targets Infrastructure, Not the Product
On the security side, the platform offers custody with full insurance coverage, dual ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications, and asset protection in hot wallets under HSM FIPS 140-2 Level 3 standards. On the technical integration front, it includes support for the FIX protocol in versions 4.4 and 5.0 SP2 with drop-copy functionality, REST API and WebSocket access, and 24-hour institutional customer support.
The platform will also offer on-and-off ramp operations through fiat-to-digital asset trading pairs, along with support for high-volume block trades via the OTC interface with settlement within the system itself.
HashKey MENA FZE is an entity licensed by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority of Dubai, VARA, authorized to provide exchange and broker-dealer services. The company is working to strengthen its institutional digital asset infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East and North Africa region.
