MerdekaL1 Completes Phase 1 of Malaysia’s Post-Quantum Blockchain
Malaysian developer e23 has finished building the core network of MerdekaL1, an Ethereum-compatible blockchain with...
Litecoin Foundation and DeLorean Team Up: LTC to Be Accepted for Upcoming DeLorean EVs
The Litecoin Foundation has partnered with DeLorean Labs, the Web3 arm of the iconic car...
South Korea’s $449B Crypto Market Pulls Away From the Pack as AI Tokens Take Over Won Trading
Chainalysis’s 2026 East Asia report shows a region with two personalities: retail-driven Korea and stablecoin-heavy...
SoftBank Completes $3.1B DigitalBridge Deal as AI Squeezes Bitcoin Miners
Japanese group now controls a global digital-infrastructure investor with assets from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur,...
Visa Study: Vietnam and India Lead Asia’s Stablecoin Appetite
Stablecoins are on the radar of a growing share of consumers across Asia-Pacific, but turning...
GCash Parent Mynt Prices Record Philippine IPO at P6.60
The listing would bring the country’s dominant e-wallet, and its in-app crypto marketplace, to public...
Hong Kong and Indonesia Move to Link QR Payment Systems in Latest Push for Asian Payment Connectivity
Hong Kong and Indonesia have agreed to work toward letting their QR payment systems work...
HSBC RedCoin: Hong Kong’s Largest Bank Names Its Stablecoin as Crypto Oversight Tightens
Hong Kong’s largest bank has named its stablecoin, and the city’s regulators are pulling licensed...
Binance Pay Goes Live at PayPay: Tourists Can Now Spend Crypto Across Japan
Foreign visitors to Japan can now pay with crypto at millions of PayPay merchants nationwide,...
Ducat Brings Bitcoin-Backed Credit to TRON
Ducat, a CMC Labs incubatee, is integrating its Bitcoin-backed credit system with the TRON network,...
Kazakhstan Plans $60 Million Tokenization Push
Kazakhstan plans to tokenize up to $60 million worth of real estate and logistics projects...
Kazakhstan Builds $700 Million National Crypto Reserve
Kazakhstan is building one of Central Asia’s most ambitious digital-asset strategies, with the country’s national...
Airmarkets Reviewed: A CFD Broker with Broad Range, Weak Regulation
350+ markets, one platform, zero detours: Airmarkets puts forex, crypto, commodities, and stocks right on...
HighMarkets Review: A Broad CFD Platform Built on TradingView — With an Offshore Catch
HighMarkets gives traders access to forex, indices, commodities, stocks, and crypto CFDs through a TradingView-powered...
Japan’s Metaplanet Expands Bitcoin Strategy to Hong Kong
Japan’s Bitcoin-focused company Metaplanet is expanding its operations across Asia with a new wholly owned...
India Pushes BRICS Toward a Digital Currency Network
India is pushing for closer links between the central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) of BRICS...
India Takes Corporate Bonds Onchain With Demat 2.0
India has launched Demat 2.0, a new pilot project that brings tokenised corporate bonds onto...
Kazakhstan’s AIFC Accepts First Regulatory Fee Payment in Stablecoins
The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) has announced the first successful payment of a regulatory...
Kyrgyzstan and CertiK Team Up on Blockchain Security
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic and CertiK have signed a memorandum of understanding...
Kazakhstan and Binance Plan Regional Crypto Settlement Hub
Kazakhstan is positioning itself as a regional hub for digital-asset payments after the National Bank...
RWA Token Sale Marketing: How Asset-Backed Offers Are Winning Institutional Trust in 2026
Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) have stopped being a crypto side-project and turned into one of...
Loanch Review: High Yields, Hidden Ownership Risk in Southeast Asia
Loanch is a Croatia-based investment platform that lets European retail investors fund consumer loans originated...
Penang Silicon Island: Can Malaysia’s Tax Burden Become a Barrier to Growth?
Penang is positioning itself as one of Southeast Asia’s most important technology and semiconductor hubs....
Malaysia’s Data-Center Boom Hits a Power Wall — Grid, Not Land, Now the Bottleneck
Malaysia’s AI and data-center investment story is running into a hard constraint: electricity supply. According...
Japan Turns to IOTA: How Turing Certs Makes Exam Certificates Tamper-Proof
Japan’s math certification body SUKEN has been issuing exam results digitally since June 2025 through...
Stablecoins in Payments: What the Raw Transaction Numbers Miss — And Why Asia Is Quietly Running the Show
Headline stat everyone quotes: stablecoins move up to $35 trillion a year on-chain. Headline stat...
Wall Street’s $7.4 Trillion Tokenization Engine Just Went Global
Broadridge Financial Solutions, the New York-listed fintech giant that quietly became the biggest name in...
Russia Launches Digital Ruble as Bitcoin Payments Remain Banned
Russia is taking another major step toward state-controlled digital money. On September 1, 2026, major...
Alpaca Taps Kalshi to Bring CFTC-Regulated Prediction Markets to Its Brokerage Rails
Alpaca, the API-first brokerage platform used by hundreds of fintechs and trading platforms worldwide, has...
Singapore Investors Are Leaning on Brokerage AI Tools to Read Markets and Manage Portfolios
Platforms like Tiger Brokers, Moomoo and Longbridge are rolling out AI copilots that digest earnings,...
Why Asia’s Family Offices Are Finally Taking Bitcoin Seriously
Family offices have spent the past few years moving from the sidelines of the digital...
Vietnam’s Export Surge Fuels DBS Optimism — and a Crypto Investment Signal
Vietnam’s export engine is running hotter than almost anyone expected heading into the second half...
ASOCIO Digital & AI Summit 2026: Why Jakarta Is About to Become Asia-Oceania’s AI Capital for a Week
Indonesia will host 24 economies, 500+ international delegates and the region’s first dedicated AI Summit...