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Operated by SoftBank, the backer of one of the world’s top 10 public Bitcoin holders, PayPay is integrating with Binance Japan ahead of its expected US IPO in December.
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Asia is the largest part of the world by both population and territory, and consists of 54 countries. Over 60% of the world’s population lives there. Together with Europe, Eurasia comprises the largest continent across the globe. Over recent decades, the region has become very attractive in almost every way. It has a huge number of industries in all sectors, a cheap labor force, etc., which makes local companies very attractive for investors and in turn, also helps to benefit the Asian economy. As many countries are developing or are already developed in Asia, the stock markets of this region are currently operating as fast as the American stock markets. Besides that, people receive a high-leveled education that is also available for foreigners through special programs like the Asia Society and so on.
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Metaplanet plans to raise $135 million through the issuance of new Class B perpetual preferred shares as part of a broader restructuring tied to its Bitcoin treasury strategy.
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Survey data points to cautious allocations, long-term holding and a preference for regulated platforms as Singapore’s retail market continues to mature.
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Southeast Asian super app Grab’s MOU with StraitsX shifts its Web3 efforts from pilots to infrastructure, exploring a unified stablecoin settlement layer across Asia.
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SGX is aiming to capture rising institutional crypto demand by launching the second set of Bitcoin and Ether perpetual futures products in Singapore.
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UBS and Ant International will test tokenized deposits for real-time cross-border payments and liquidity management in one of Singapore’s largest blockchain pilots.
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Alibaba’s global e-commerce arm is reportedly developing a bank-backed deposit token for cross-border payments as Beijing tightens its crackdown on stablecoins.
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore says only fully regulated, reserve-backed stablecoins will qualify as settlement assets as Singapore prepares legislation and expands CBDC trials.
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The October market crash depressed corporate Bitcoin treasuries, as BTC fell under the average acquisition cost of multiple treasury companies.
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Taiwan is exploring the creation of a national Bitcoin Reserve comprising seized coins, much like the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve established by President Donald Trump in March.
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Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said JPX’s concerns are with companies that feature poor approvals and insisted the critique doesn’t apply to them.
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Japan’s first yen stablecoin issuer, JPYC, said growing demand could make stablecoin reserves a new force in the country’s bond market.
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Expanding outside the US, Coinbase Business launches in Singapore to give startups and SMEs a unified platform for USDC payments, asset management and more.
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The government is reportedly considering converting part of its sovereign wealth and gold holdings into digital assets, signaling the rise of crypto as a state-level asset class.
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Japan’s financial regulator has launched a “Payment Innovation Project” backing a joint initiative by major banks and corporations to issue yen-based stablecoins.
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