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Hong Kong has issued its first stablecoin issuer licenses under a new regulatory framework overseen by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
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...Japan has amended its main financial law to tighten oversight of crypto assets. The government approved changes to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act on Friday (today), according to Nikkei.
Four Asia-Pacific jurisdictions are rolling out new digital asset licensing and compliance regimes within a 90-day window in the second quarter of 2026, according to a FM Intelligence analysis published
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Kraken has launched a new colocation cross-connect service through Liquidity Connect, giving traders faster and more stable access to its digital asset exchange.
WhiteBIT secures brokerage license in Georgia to launch regulated crypto derivatives
European crypto exchange WhiteBIT has obtained a brokerage license from the National Bank of Georgia, allowing it to offer regulated derivatives in the country through a new legal entity separate from its existing VASP operation.
A new analysis by Outset Data of crypto media traffic and blockchain data suggests that news coverage does not reliably track activity in the digital asset economy. The findings challenge a widely held assumption that media attention reflects or predicts market behavior.
South Korea's Financial Services Commission has ordered all cryptocurrency exchanges to implement near real-time asset reconciliation and submit to monthly external audits.
...Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure as revenue per megawatt from serving AI workloads runs 5 to 10 times higher than from mining Bitcoin, and the post-halving squeeze has turned that gap into a strategic mandate.
Circle is facing criticism from parts of the crypto community after hackers drained about $285 million from the Solana-based Drift protocol, most of which was quickly converted into USD Coin (USDC) and transferred to Ethereum.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT alleged Circle could have acted faster to freeze the stolen assets and limit losses.
...South Korean brokerage Korea Investment & Securities is reviewing a potential stake in crypto exchange Coinone, according to local media reports and company comments. No agreement has been finalized.
Australia’s Parliament has passed legislation that will bring digital asset platforms and tokenised custody providers under the country’s financial services licensing regime.
...Quantum computing is moving from theory to practice, and a new whitepaper warns that major cryptocurrencies need to react much faster than they have so far. The study shows that once a powerful enough quantum computer exists, it could break the cryptography behind Bitcoin, Ethereum and other chains in minutes, putting both long‑dormant and active assets at risk.
...A U.S. federal court has approved a $500,000 settlement between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and KuCoin’s parent company, Peken Global Limited, ending a long-running case over unregistered trading access for American users.
Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), a global automated broker, has launched crypto-asset trading for eligible individual investors in the European Economic Area. The service is offered through Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited, an authorised crypto-asset service provider in the region.