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HashKey Group, one of Asia’s leading digital asset financial services providers, has unveiled plans to launch what it calls the region’s largest multi-currency Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) ecosystem fund. The initiative, this week, aims to raise more than $500 million in its first phase and establis…
American Bitcoin, the bitcoin miner backed by U.S. President Donald Trump's two sons, has locked in crypto and traditional investors to back an all-stock merger that will allow the firm to soon start trading on the Nasdaq, the company's largest investor said.The unlisted firm's merger with Gryphon D…
By Dow Jones Newswires StaffU.S. stock futures and global equities markets were mostly higher Thursday, while the dollar continued to ease. Nvidia's shares were down in aftermarket trading after a miss in its data-center segment took the gloss off an otherwise strong second-quarter earnings report.M…
Japanese company MetaPlanet has mirrored MicroStrategy by converting its balance sheet to Bitcoin. While the Japanese government has not adopted spot crypto ETFs and its taxation system has levied a heavier burden on crypto trading, stocks of companies like MetaPlanet have been regarded as a regulat…
How is the stablecoin framework evolving in South Korea? South Korea has become a key focus in the global stablecoin conversation as it draws close attention from major players like Binance and Tether. Both companies are among the largest stablecoin issuers worldwide, and they both could face majo…
By Derek HorstmeyerAbout the author: Derek Horstmeyer is a professor of finance at George Mason University's Costello College of Business.Since the Bretton Woods accords of 1944, central banks around the world have more or less shared a set of priorities — controlling inflation and unemployment — a…
TL;DR$3 Level Poses Risk for Short TradersMarket analyst CW has pointed out that if XRP climbs to $3, a large number of short positions could be wrecked. A heatmap of liquidity shows heavy concentration at that level, suggesting it may act as a trigger point for forced closures. Such a move could cr…
DigiFT, a Singapore-based real-world asset (RWA) exchange, has raised $11 million in its latest strategic funding round led by Japan's SBI Holdings to support its RWA expansion.With this latest round, the company said Thursday it has secured a total of $25 million to date to scale its RWA infrastruc…
Bitcoin mining remains the backbone of the crypto economy. In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, abundant hydropower, gas reserves, and surplus electricity create opportunities and friction.The region offers “green hash” potential yet faces high electricity costs and fragmented rules. For global invest…
China is planning for a major shift in its digital asset policy.As per a report from Reuters, China is considering Yuan-backed stablecoins for the first time, to boost Yuan’s global use. Hong Kong and Shanghai are leading the rollout, while Asian markets are also exploring their own stablecoin initi…
Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) is expected to greenlight the issuance of the country’s first yen-denominated stablecoin as early as this fall.
Japan's Financial Services Agency is expected to approve the issuance of the country's first yen-pegged stablecoin as early as this fall, local news outlet Nikkei reported Sunday.The subject of approval is Tokyo-based fintech company JPYC's stablecoin of the same name. The company plans to register …