Tether and Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Explore a Tenge Stablecoin
The world’s largest stablecoin issuer has signed a memorandum with the National Bank of Kazakhstan...
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...
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...
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...
Uzbekistan Tests HUMO Stablecoin for Payments
Uzbekistan has launched a pilot project to test HUMO, a stable token pegged to the...
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...
AI Agents Are Now Paying With Bitcoin — Who’s Watching the Guardrails?
AI agents didn’t wait for permission. Over the twelve months to April 2026, autonomous software...
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...
Stablecoin Cards Are Gaining Ground in Asia as USDT and USDC Move Into Everyday Payments
Stablecoins are moving beyond crypto trading and increasingly becoming a payment tool in Asia. New...
Gateway to Tashkent: What the EU Business Chamber EUROUZ Means for Crypto Companies in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is building what may be Central Asia’s most aggressive digital-asset location policy — from...
Plasbit Crypto Card for Everyday Spending
Most people who use crypto do not need another complicated product. They need a simple...
South Korea’s Digital Asset Race: Why Banks Are Building Before Regulation Arrives
While the global digital asset debate is often dominated by Washington, another major financial hub...
Xiaobei, Guangzhou: Where Small-Container Trade Switched to Tether
Step out of Xiaobei (小北) metro station in Guangzhou and within two minutes you are...
Countdown in Da Nang: Vietnam’s First Licensed Crypto Exchanges Are Weeks Away — A Report from the Ground
Vietnam has spent years as one of the world’s largest crypto markets without a single...
Kazakhstan Goes All In on Digital Assets: What Tokayev’s New Decree Actually Changes
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree titled “On Measures to Stimulate and Develop the...
OECD Report: Asia Becomes the Global Crypto Epicenter – Stablecoins as Growth Driver and Risk Factor
The OECD’s new Asia Capital Markets Report 2026 paints the picture of a region in...
Kaia Bets on Real-Time Security: Why the Hypernative Partnership Is a Signal for Consumer DeFi in Asia
If blockchain technology is going to make the leap from niche product to everyday application,...
mBridge Cross-Border CBDC Platform Moves Towards Commercialisation, Hong Kong Incorporation Under Consideration
China’s central-bank-led mBridge platform for cross-border central bank digital currency (CBDC) payments is reportedly entering...
Avalanche Quietly Builds a Global Payments Powerhouse as Major Financial Institutions Unite in the Avalanche Payments Collective
The Avalanche ecosystem has taken a major step toward reshaping global payments with the launch...
Binance Plots Philippines Return After Two-Year Exile
Crypto giant Binance is preparing a comeback in one of Southeast Asia’s most active digital...
Kyrgyzstan’s Gold-Backed Stablecoin Enters Hong Kong’s Regulated Crypto Market
A state-issued stablecoin from Central Asia has made its entry into one of the world’s...
First major Swiss bank brings an AI agent into live market execution
Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, today announced it has become the first Swiss...
Fidelity International and Sygnum Launch Tokenized USD Liquidity Product With Moody’s AAA-mf Assessment
The tokenization race among global financial giants is accelerating as Fidelity International and Sygnum unveil...
Aave Lands on OKX X Layer: DeFi Lending Giant Expands Across Asia
The decentralized finance sector is gaining further traction in Asia as OKX brings the leading...
Zand and Ripple: Strategic Partnership to Power the Digital Economy with Stablecoins
Zand and Ripple announced a strategic partnership in Dubai aimed at accelerating the growth of...
Wiki Finance Expo Thailand 2026 to Unfold in Bangkok This April — Spotlight on Southeast Asia’s Fintech & Web3 Growth
Bangkok is gearing up to host Wiki Finance Expo Thailand 2026 on April 24 at...
Calm Beneath the Chaos: Why Crypto’s Foundations Strengthened in 2025
At first glance, 2025 looked like a frustrating year for crypto investors. Price action was...
Australia at Risk of Becoming a Crypto Liquidity Hub for Illicit Capital
Australia’s financial-crime watchdog AUSTRAC is warning of a structural shift in the regional financial system,...
How Chinese Exporters Quietly Rely on Stablecoins — And Why Asia Is Watching
The landscape of Asian trade is shifting rapidly, and stablecoins are emerging as one of...
Zand CEO Michael Chan: How the UAE is Becoming a Global Crypto Hub – DeFi Meets TradFi
In an insightful interview, Michael Chan, CEO of the UAE-based Zand Bank, offered deep perspectives...
Ripple Enters Corporate Treasury Market with $1B GTreasury Acquisition
Ripple, a leading provider of enterprise digital asset infrastructure, has made a major move into...
UAE’s Fasset Secures Malaysian License to Launch Stablecoin-Based Islamic Digital Bank
Dubai-based digital banking and investment platform Fasset has received a provisional license from Malaysia’s Labuan...
Powering AI Commerce: Google Launches the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)
Google introduced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) – an open framework designed to enable payments...