Pakistan's central bank has reversed a 2018 prohibition that locked crypto firms out of the formal banking system, allowing licensed virtual asset service providers to open accounts for the first ...
Pakistan's National Assembly approved the Virtual Assets Bill on March 4, 2026, establishing the country's first comprehensive regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and digital assets. The legislation creates a specialized regulatory ...
Twelve police officers in Malaysia's Selangor state have been relieved of active duty after a foreign national lodged a report alleging that approximately RM200,000 in cryptocurrency was unlawfully taken from ...
Global Settlement Network announced plans Wednesday to tokenize eight government-contracted water treatment facilities in Jakarta, launching a pilot that aims to scale to $200 million in tokenized water infrastructure across ...
Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, will begin winding down services for Japanese users in 2026 after failing to secure regulatory approval from Japan's Financial Services Agency. ...
Shareholders of Metaplanet, Japan's largest corporate Bitcoin holder, have approved a sweeping capital restructuring that allows the company to issue dividend-paying preferred shares to overseas institutional investors. The Monday vote ...
HashKey became Asia's first cryptocurrency exchange to list on a major stock exchange Wednesday, raising $206 million in a heavily oversubscribed Hong Kong IPO before shares tumbled as much as ...
Japan's cabinet approved a ¥21.3 trillion ($135 billion) supplementary budget on Thursday, the country's largest since the pandemic, as bond yields surged to their highest levels since 2008 and the ...
Circle has reported $2.4 trillion in on-chain stablecoin activity across Asia-Pacific between June 2024 and June 2025, making the region the world’s fastest-growing hub for digital currency settlements. The growth ...
LINE NEXT and Kaia have announced the upcoming beta launch of Project Unify, a stablecoin superapp set to go live later this year. The application is designed to consolidate payments, ...
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