Hong Kong is getting ready to issue its first batch of stablecoin issuer licences in Q1 of 2025, accelerating its efforts to place itself as a regional hub for digital assets at a time of increasing global competition. The Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, Paul Chan, spoke at the World
Binance has announced that it is listing the stablecoin of Ripple, RLUSD. Backed by a fiat currency, the stablecoin will be available in two pairs at the time of launch. Brad Garlinghouse has acknowledged this update. Up next, Binance has said that it will expand its list of partners and
Noble, a blockchain protocol initially developed on the Cosmos blockchain, has announced that it will discontinue its Cosmos SDK-based blockchain and develop an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-based Layer 1 blockchain, which will be deployed on the Mainnet on March 18, 2026. The move is quite significant from a tech shift
Tether, the company behind the issue of one of the widely recognized stablecoins, has made a strategic partnership announcement with Bitqik, which is recognized as a licensed digital assets exchange within Laos, to develop digital asset knowledge in the region of Southeast Asia, as of January 19, 2025. Under this
Anchorage Digital is rumored to be working on a large fundraising exercise as the institutional cryptocurrency platform readies itself for a possible listing. The company is seeking to raise between $200 million and $400 million, as reported in a Bloomberg article, targeting an initial public offering in 2026. This announcement
Interactive Brokers has further bolstered its services related to cryptocurrencies, with the company now allowing its clients to use stablecoins to fund their brokerage accounts, ensuring faster settlements and 24/7 access for account funding. As soon as the stablecoins are received, the transfer will be automatically settled in USD, allowing
The crypto exchange from Argentina, Lemon, has rolled out a Visa credit card bonded by Bitcoin, as reported by local news La Nacion on January 14. Lemon has positioned itself as the second-biggest crypto exchange in the country, overseeing 5.5 million users. The new Bitcoin-supported Visa credit card permits access
EmberCN, an on-chain analyst, revealed today that a wallet linked with Pump.fun has deposited around $148 million in stablecoins to Kraken. This transaction sees a continuing pattern of huge exchange-bound transfers seen in the last two months. The data also reveals that the recent deposit included USDC and USDT shifted
The regulator of Dubai’s main Financial free zone, Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), has reset its crypto rules. It banned the privacy tokens and tightened stablecoin definitions. All of these rules are applied only inside the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). This ban takes effect from January 12 and applies
South Korea is set to relax its ban on investing in crypto by corporations and will therefore bring about a significant change in policy that will help open up the market for digital assets to new institutions. The Financial Services Commission has been seen to have updated the guidelines to
