South Korean digital bank KBank, also known as a “big partner” of Upbit, has filed trademarks related to stablecoin and crypto wallet services. This is particularly interesting as the bank is soon to go public with its initial public offering. The filing of trademarks indicates that KBank is planning to
KuCoin, an exchange platform, has announced its support for USD1. The WLFI stablecoin will be available on a network with deposits expected to commence soon. The move comes at a time when USD1 is moving upward on the list of global stablecoins in terms of market cap. KuCoin Now Supports
The Hong Kong–listed digital asset company, OSL Group, has secured $200 million in new equity financing to accelerate its global expansion in stablecoin trading and regulated payment services. According to a press statement issued on January 29, OSL Group was the first exchange to obtain a license from the Hong Kong Monetary
The UAE has officially entered the regulated stablecoin race, where the private firm, Universal Digital Intl Limited, launched the first U.S. dollar-pegged token, registered by the Central Bank of the UAE, on January 29, aimed at enabling compliant digital-asset settlement under the country’s new payment token framework. USDU, Backed by
TRON H2 2025 Rewind In our previous report, we covered the events that shaped TRON in the first half of 2025. We looked at how TRON expanded its lineup of Super Representatives. We also covered its technical integrations to support developers and the broader ecosystem. Finally, we discussed the launch
A U.S. Federal court has sentenced Jingliang Su, a Chinese national, to 46 months in prison for laundering $36.9 million, which is connected to a crypto scam that targeted Americans. This scam is called the Pig butchering scam, which is a well-known scam in the U.S. and one of the
BitMart, a digital asset exchange platform, has announced that it will list a trading pair of USAT. Deposits are available with trading scheduled to go live soon. The development comes at a time when the US Dollar has dropped to a near 4-year low. BitMart earlier listed a trading pair
Circle’s USDC has dominated the U.S. institutional market for so many years. Now analysts say that Tether’s newly launched USAT could become the first credible domestic challenger to USDC. What is USDC USAT is a dollar-backed stablecoin created for use inside the United States. USAT is designed to meet the
Japan’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), has opened public consultation on the new rules that will decide which bond Stablecoin issuers can be used as reserves. The consultation is open until Feb 27, 2026, and the final rules will apply to all regulated yen-backed stablecoins issued in Japan.
Bitwise, a well-known crypto investment firm, officially enters the DeFi by launching its first on-chain vault, and the product went live on January 26. The product runs on the Morpho protocol, which allows users to earn yield directly on the blockchain. The Vault is non-custodial, and Bitwise acts as a
