v3.26.1
Financial risk management and financial instruments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Financial risk management and financial instruments  
Financial risk management and financial instruments

4.Financial risk management and financial instruments

4.1Financial risk factors

The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (including foreign exchange risk, digital asset price risk, risks associated with the storage and protection of digital assets and investment risk related to trading of digital assets), credit risk and liquidity risk.

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements do not include all financial risk management information and disclosures required in the annual financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Group’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025.

There has been no material change in our risk profile and management since year end.

4.2Fair value estimation

The carrying amounts of trade and other receivables, cash and cash equivalents, time deposits, restricted cash, trade and other payables, amounts with related parties and lease liabilities as at June 30, 2026 approximate their fair values.

The Group analyzes its financial assets and liabilities carried at fair values by level of the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair values. Such inputs are categorized into three levels within a fair value hierarchy as follows:

Level 1: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the assets or liabilities, either directly (that is, as prices) or indirectly (that is, derived from prices); and
Level 3: inputs for the assets or liabilities that are not based on observable market data (that is, unobservable inputs).

4.Financial instruments (Continued)

4.2Fair value estimation (Continued)

The following table sets forth the financial assets and liabilities, measured at fair value, by level within the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026.

Fair value of financial instruments using

Quoted prices in

Significant

active markets

observable inputs

Significant

for identical

other than quoted

unobservable

Total

instruments

prices

inputs

fair

  ​ ​ ​

(Level 1)

  ​ ​ ​

(Level 2)

  ​ ​ ​

(Level 3)

  ​ ​ ​

value

At December 31, 2025

Financial assets:

Financial assets at fair value through profits or loss

268

23,005

23,273

Crypto assets loan receivables

 

42,141

 

 

 

42,141

Derivative financial instruments

 

 

316

 

 

316

Collateral receivables

 

3,407

 

 

 

3,407

Amounts due from related parties

 

21,427

 

 

 

21,427

Digital assets

 

45,350

 

608

 

 

45,958

 

112,593

 

924

 

23,005

 

136,522

Financial liabilities:

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

Derivative financial instruments

 

 

316

 

 

316

Collateral payables

 

10,941

 

 

 

10,941

Liabilities due to customers

 

61,351

 

 

 

61,351

Amounts due to related parties

 

42,497

 

 

 

42,497

 

114,789

 

316

 

 

115,105

At June 30, 2026

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

Financial assets:

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

Financial assets at fair value through profits or loss

 

275

 

 

14,822

 

15,097

Crypto assets loan receivables

 

57,788

 

 

 

57,788

Collateral receivables

 

8,534

 

 

 

8,534

Amounts due from related parties

 

37,122

 

 

 

37,122

Digital assets

 

52,053

 

58

 

 

52,111

 

155,772

 

58

 

14,822

 

170,652

Financial liabilities:

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

 

  ​

Collateral payables

 

75,558

 

 

 

75,558

Liabilities due to customers

 

49,624

 

 

 

49,624

Amounts due to related parties

 

39,705

 

 

 

39,705

 

164,887

 

 

 

164,887

There were no transfers among the Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the six-month ended June 30, 2026. There were also no changes made to any of the valuation techniques applied as of December 31, 2025.

The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market is determined by using valuation techniques. These valuation techniques maximize the use of observable market data where it is available and rely as little as possible on entity specific estimates. If all significant inputs required for evaluating the fair value of a financial instrument are observable, the instrument is included in Level 2.

4.Financial instruments (Continued)

4.2Fair value estimation (Continued)

If one or more of the significant inputs are not based on observable market data, the instrument is included in Level 3. Specific valuation techniques used to value financial instruments mainly include:

(i)the use of net assets value as reported by the external fund administrators without adjustment;
(ii)the use of quoted market prices for similar instruments;
(iii)other techniques, including market approach, are used to determine fair value for financial instruments.

The Level 3 instruments mainly include unlisted equity investments. As these investments are not traded in an active market, their fair values are determined using the market approach, which requires significant judgment, assumptions and inputs, including risk-free rates, discount for lack of marketability (“DLOM”), enterprise value-to-sales multiple, relevant underlying financial projections, and market information of recent transactions (such as recent fund raising transactions undertaken by the investees) and other exposure, etc.

The following table presents the changes and movement of financial instruments in Level 3 for the six-month ended June 30, 2025 and 2026:

  ​ ​ ​

Fund

  ​ ​ ​

Unlisted equity

  ​ ​ ​

  ​ ​ ​

investments

investments  

Total

At January 1, 2025

 

264

 

 

264

Business combination – merger transaction

 

5,846

 

 

5,846

Additions during the period

 

 

1,000

 

1,000

Fair value changes

 

(237)

 

 

(237)

At June 30, 2025

 

5,873

 

1,000

 

6,873

At January 1, 2026

 

22,005

 

1,000

 

23,005

Additions during the period

 

100

 

 

100

Disposals during the period

 

(2,935)

 

 

(2,935)

Transfer to a related party (Note)

 

(4,246)

 

 

(4,246)

Fair value changes

 

(1,102)

 

 

(1,102)

At June 30, 2026

 

13,822

 

1,000

 

14,822

Note:

In June 2026, the Group transferred its 100% holdings in a fund investment for a cash consideration of approximately US$4 million to a related entity as part of an internal restructuring. Amount was settled subsequently in July 2026.