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Fasset's US$68M Series C round, led by Japan's SBI Group, values the stablecoin neobank at US$1 billion, marking a pivotal moment for digital asset banking in emerging markets.…
Fasset hits a $1B valuation after SBI Group leads its $68M Series C, with plans for a Malaysia digital bank and expanded stablecoin payments.…
ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone has pledged the Eurosystem will not identify digital euro users, as CBDCs face mounting privacy scrutiny worldwide.…
Germany extends its dominance in EU crypto licensing with 79 authorized service providers, pulling further ahead of France and the Netherlands after six banks join the MiCA register.…
An attacker drained $8.5M from Term Finance by purchasing governance votes for just 2 ETH, exposing a systemic vulnerability in decentralized protocol oversight.…
Pakistan launches a formal crypto licensing portal, requiring firms to register by September 5 in a landmark move to regulate virtual assets and attract investment.…
A landmark pilot is testing post-quantum wallets and onchain transfers, with regulators from Abu Dhabi, Bhutan, and Malta observing the program.…
Pakistan has launched a formal crypto licensing portal, giving existing virtual asset providers until September 5 to secure a No Objection Certificate or cease operations.…
Term Finance permanently shut its Meta Vaults after a governance exploit drained an estimated $8.5M in Ethereum deposits, highlighting critical DeFi governance vulnerabilities.…
DBS has processed roughly S$10 billion in tokenised payments over two years and may soon invest as much in digital-asset rails as in conventional payment systems.…
Weeks after announcing it would wind down, crypto exchange BitMart says it is now developing a restructuring plan to stay operational following stakeholder talks.…
Laser Digital Japan secures regulatory approval as a Crypto Asset Exchange Service Provider under Japan's Payment Services Act, opening institutional crypto services in Tokyo.…