South Korean regulators and lawmakers have agreed to cap major shareholder stakes in cryptocurrency exchanges at 20%, despite…
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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is testing the use of blockchain technology for central bank settlements, marking a…
I needed some time wrap my head around the 2026-27 Hong Kong Budget, and I’m glad I did.…
Startale Group and SBI Holdings have launched JPYSC, a trust bank-backed Japanese yen stablecoin for institutional and cross-border…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) CMU OmniClear and the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) are set to begin…
Hong Kong will issue its first licenses for fiat-referenced stablecoin issuers in March and introduce new legislation later…
South Korea’s central bank has reiterated that regulators should initially permit only licensed commercial banks to issue won-denominated…
Hong Kong offers one of Asia’s most structured and secure environments for cryptocurrency trading. Unlike unregulated markets, the…
SoFi Securities (Hong Kong) (SoFi Hong Kong) and OSL Group have announced a partnership to offer digital asset…
If you’re looking at your bitcoin portfolio and seeing red, chances are you’re witnessing one of the fastest…
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a guidance extending virtual asset (VA) services to margin financing for…
Hong Kong’s central bank is moving ahead with plans to issue an initial batch of stablecoin licenses in…
Alchemy Pay has upgraded HTF Securities Limited’s Type 4 (Advising on Securities) license to include virtual asset advisory…
South Korea’s financial regulator has said that local cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb’s accidental giveaway of more than US$40 billion…
OSL Group has launched USDGO, a US dollar stablecoin designed for institutional settlement and corporate payments. As part…
RedotPay has launched its Solana card, a virtual payment card allowing users to spend SOL, stablecoins, and other…
Hong Kong could potentially double the size of its fund industry by moving from legacy infrastructure to token-based…
For years, much of Hong Kong’s banking transformation agenda sat on tokenisation pilots, AI roadmaps, and cybersecurity frameworks…
OSL Group announced an equity financing of US$200 million (approximately HK$1.56 billion). The company intends to use the…
Mox Bank, led by Standard Chartered and jointly established by PCCW, HKT and Trip.com, has launched a cryptocurrency…