Asia

The London-based lender, which has deep roots in Asia, now lets eligible clients in the...

South Korea’s banks have stayed away from crypto for years. Now one has stepped in....

Ipak Yuli Bank, one of Uzbekistan’s established commercial lenders, has secured a USD 80 million...

The world’s largest stablecoin issuer has signed a memorandum with the National Bank of Kazakhstan...

On December 1–2, 2026, the crypto industry meets at the Festival Arena in Dubai. Blockchain...

Singapore’s central bank is reviewing whether investments such as Bitcoin and other digital payment tokens...

The Seoul-based broker will assess how Ripple’s digital asset infrastructure could fit into Korea’s capital...

Malaysian developer e23 has finished building the core network of MerdekaL1, an Ethereum-compatible blockchain with...

Chainalysis’s 2026 East Asia report shows a region with two personalities: retail-driven Korea and stablecoin-heavy...

Japanese group now controls a global digital-infrastructure investor with assets from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur,...

Stablecoins are on the radar of a growing share of consumers across Asia-Pacific, but turning...

The listing would bring the country’s dominant e-wallet, and its in-app crypto marketplace, to public...

Kraken’s parent company Payward has integrated Singapore Gulf Bank’s real-time clearing network. Institutional clients in...

Hong Kong and Indonesia have agreed to work toward letting their QR payment systems work...

Hong Kong’s largest bank has named its stablecoin, and the city’s regulators are pulling licensed...

Foreign visitors to Japan can now pay with crypto at millions of PayPay merchants nationwide,...

Kazakhstan plans to tokenize up to $60 million worth of real estate and logistics projects...

Kazakhstan is building one of Central Asia’s most ambitious digital-asset strategies, with the country’s national...

Japan’s Bitcoin-focused company Metaplanet is expanding its operations across Asia with a new wholly owned...

India is pushing for closer links between the central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) of BRICS...

India has launched Demat 2.0, a new pilot project that brings tokenised corporate bonds onto...

The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) has announced the first successful payment of a regulatory...

The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic and CertiK have signed a memorandum of understanding...

Kazakhstan is positioning itself as a regional hub for digital-asset payments after the National Bank...

Uzbekistan has launched a pilot project to test HUMO, a stable token pegged to the...

Record investment, a new metro line, an expanding airport, and decades of electronics expertise: Malaysia’s...

Penang is positioning itself as one of Southeast Asia’s most important technology and semiconductor hubs....

Malaysia’s AI and data-center investment story is running into a hard constraint: electricity supply. According...

Japan’s math certification body SUKEN has been issuing exam results digitally since June 2025 through...

Headline stat everyone quotes: stablecoins move up to $35 trillion a year on-chain. Headline stat...

Singapore is stepping up its efforts to strengthen its position as a global financial technology...

Broadridge Financial Solutions, the New York-listed fintech giant that quietly became the biggest name in...

Alpaca, the API-first brokerage platform used by hundreds of fintechs and trading platforms worldwide, has...