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The deal pairs South Korea's second-largest crypto exchange with a subsidiary of Vietnam's biggest securities firm, tapping a market Chainalysis ranks fourth globally in adoption.
Singapore licenses crypto under the MAS — strict on retail, open to institutions, leading on stablecoins. Here is the licensing regime, what is restricted and what it means for users.
Vietnam's government has proposed allowing small and medium-sized enterprises to pledge digital assets and intellectual…
Across Asia this week the pattern is the same: tighter issuer and custody rules for stablecoins and self-custody wallets, more room for tokenized equity, and quiet CBDC builds.
Hong Kong is rebuilding itself as a regulated crypto hub — SFC licensing for exchanges, opt-in retail access and a stablecoin regime. Here is what is in force and what it means.
South Korea regulates crypto through real-name banking, tight exchange supervision and a new user-protection law. Here is how the FSC, the Specified Financial Information Act and the Virtual Asset User Protection Act shape the market.
Only MiCA has issued live stablecoin licenses. MAS is selective, HKMA is pilot-only. Here is what each framework actually costs issuers in 2025.
Drainer kits now target permit2, session keys, and smart accounts, not just legacy approvals. Here is the current taxonomy and the laundering trail behind it.
Japan's pension fund opens a 1% crypto door, Oman digs for sats, and Seoul tests stablecoin rails, while Brussels and Washington tighten the screws at home.
Stablecoin rules now exist in the EU, US, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Here is how each framework treats issuance, reserves, disclosure, and cross-border access.
While institutions pour capital into Circle, Citadel and Stripe-adjacent plays, retail attention is still parked on a Bitcoin chart that's going nowhere fast.
USDT runs from the British Virgin Islands with quarterly attestations. USDC is a US-listed company with monthly attestations and a Big Four audit. Here is what each setup actually means.
The FATF Travel Rule forces VASPs to share sender and receiver data on transfers above USD/EUR 1,000. It is unevenly enforced and is reshaping how exchanges and DeFi connect.
Wallet drainer kits turned crypto phishing into a $500M+ service industry. Here is how drainer-as-a-service works, who runs it, and why it keeps growing.
US spot ETFs bled $4B in June while Tokyo, Seoul and Luxembourg quietly absorbed the next wave of structural adoption, drawing a sharper line between retreat and construction.
Solana is a high-throughput blockchain built for speed and low fees. Here's how it works, why it matters, and what sets it apart from Ethereum.
ETHFI gives the protocol's governance token a fee claim, but most yield comes from active AVS selection, and slashing cuts through LRT holders first.
A $53B payments deal, a BlackRock run at onchain wallets, and Japan’s tax-slashing crypto law reframed the tape, even as BTC drifted sideways and hackers hit RWA rails.
One regulator hands Circle a charter and a senator invokes Satoshi to move a market-structure bill, while a hardware-wallet bug quietly rewrites the cost of self-custody.
A UAE bank quietly adds $137 million in bitcoin the same week Taiwan passes a full crypto licensing law and the UK undercuts MiCA. Adoption is decoupling from price.
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