The partnership could shorten settlement cycles from the typical two-day window to near real-time, the firms said.
Crypto exchange Coinone has been fined $3.5 million and hit with a three-month partial suspension over AML violations in South Korea.
CoinDCX called the report "false" and said the fraud was carried out through a copycat website by impersonators, not through its platform.
Animoca Brands has made an investment in the AVAX token and entered a strategic partnership with Ava Labs to grow the Avalanche ecosystem.
RedotPay, which reached unicorn status last year, is in discussions to raise up to $150 million in fresh funding, Bloomberg reported.
The venture capital arm will deploy 4 billion yen ($25 million) over the next few years to local bitcoin infrastructure firms.
SBI Holdings and Startale Group unveiled a yen-denominated stablecoin, JPYSC, with issuance managed by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank.
South Korean police have arrested two individuals over the alleged theft of 22 BTC seized during a 2021 hacking investigation.
The Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments firm RedotPay is reportedly exploring a U.S. IPO that could raise over $1 billion, per Bloomberg.
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich pushed back against online criticism of the company's transparency and bitcoin strategy.
Bithumb sent 620,000 BTC by mistake last week, exposing weaknesses in internal controls and risk management.
Beijing has broadened its crypto ban to include RWA tokenization and unapproved offshore yuan-linked stablecoin issuance.
Asia’s dominance is visible across every major dataset in this report, but the U.S. is assembling the institutional engine for the next surge of global adoption, while Latin America is already proving how utility-driven demand can scale in the real economy.
The bank is currently preparing to go public in South Korea, and plans to focus on growing its digital asset business after the IPO.
Nomura's crypto subsidiary, Laser Digital, saw losses in Q3, leading Nomura to report lower-than-expected quarterly net profit.
Despite the losses, Metaplanet raised its 2025 earnings projection on the back of its bitcoin income generation business.
The crypto exchange is in talks with overseas crypto exchanges and local financial institutions for the sale, local media reported.
Thailand’s central bank brought USDT under scrutiny as stablecoin use grows and authorities tighten controls on grey money flows.
Metaplanet’s stock jumped 10.7% by midday Tuesday in Japan, tracking a broader crypto market rally with bitcoin currently trading at $93,835.
The company's total BTC holdings now stand at 35,102 BTC, which is valued at $3.06 billion at current market prices.
While Coinbase did not disclose the size of the investment, CoinDCX said the deal valued the Indian exchange at $2.45 billion.
HashKey Holdings, which operates Hong Kong's largest crypto exchange, raised $206 million in its initial public offering.
RedotPay says it processes over $10 billion in annualized volume and generates more than $150 million in annualized revenue.
Sungmo Park, former APAC lead at Monad Foundation and Polygon Labs, has been named to head a16z's efforts in the region.
Andreessen Horowitz's crypto venture capital unit pointed to high levels of crypto ownership in South Korea and Singapore, and growing onchain activity in Japan.
HashKey plans to use a large portion of the proceeds for tech and infrastructure upgrades, market expansion and ecosystem partnerships.
Robinhood said it is buying Indonesian brokerage PT Buana Capital Sekuritas and digital asset trader PT Pedagang Aset Kripto.
After clearing the hearing, a company typically moves on to prospectus registration, followed by marketing, book-building and pricing.
Animoca is planning to go public on the Nasdaq next year through a reverse-merger with Singapore-based Currenc Group.
Upbit initially reported a loss of 54 billion won ($36.8 million) but later revised the figure down to 44.5 billion won ($30.4 million).