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HKMA announced today the recipients of the Hong Kong stablecoin licence under the Stablecoins Ordinance. The much-coveted Hong…
Gobi Partners has announced an investment in Transak, a company that provides regulated infrastructure for converting between traditional…
Kaia DLT Foundation has announced plans to formally enable the issuance and circulation of a won-based stablecoin on…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has yet to issue its first batch of stablecoin licenses, missing an…
I’ve been refreshing the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s register of licensed stablecoin issuers frequently over the past few…
Alchemy Pay has announced that, in partnership with HTF Securities Limited, it has successfully expanded HTF Securities’ SFC…
Futu has announced that its wholly-owned virtual asset trading platform, PantherTrade, has begun full-scale licensed operations. PantherTrade will…
Startale Group has completed a US$63 million Series A funding round, following a second close of US$50 million…
China plans to expand access to its digital yuan by allowing 12 additional banks to handle the currency,…
SBI VC Trade, the digital asset arm of SBI Holdings, is launching a USDC lending product that provides…
Crypto.com has partnered with KG Inicis, Payment Gateway (PG) and Value Added Network (VAN) provider in South Korea,…
Bithumb will face a six-month partial business suspension and a 36.8 billion won (around US$28 million) penalty over…
People familiar with the matter say HSBC and a joint venture led by Standard Chartered will likely be…
Financial authorities plan to impose significant sanctions on virtual asset exchange Bithumb for breaching anti-money laundering obligations. The…
South Korean regulators and lawmakers have agreed to cap major shareholder stakes in cryptocurrency exchanges at 20%, despite…
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…