Day: 11 June 2026

EX.IO, a licensed Virtual Asset Trading Platform in Hong Kong, has announced the listing of the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (grBENJI) for professional investors. The product is a tokenized version of a traditional U.S. government money market fund and is designed to provide on-chain access to low-risk, yield-generating ...

Ratio has partnered with IDRX to develop blockchain-based settlement and remittance infrastructure linking Indonesia with the rest of Asia. The collaboration is focused on improving how the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) is used in cross-border payments, which are currently fragmented and depend on multiple intermediary foreign-exchange layers. By integrating the IDRX ...

Just two days before the opening whistle at Estadio Azteca, FIFA quietly made an announcement that had little to do with football formations or squads. Kraken, one of the world’s longest-standing cryptocurrency platforms, was named the Official Crypto Exchange Supporter of the FIFA World Cup 2026, a tournament running through ...

DBS Bank has announced plans to offer tokenized physical gold to retail investors in Singapore. The product, called DBS Physical Gold Tokens, will be available through its digibank app in the second half of 2026. Each token will be backed by one gram of physical gold stored in a secure ...

Japan’s parliament is preparing to pass a new bill that will bring cryptocurrencies under the same regulatory framework as stocks. The legislation, which has already cleared the lower house, classifies crypto assets as financial instruments and introduces stricter trading rules, along with lower taxes. Under the proposal, capital gains tax ...

Osaka Exchange, a subsidiary of Japan Exchange Group (JPX), plans to introduce Bitcoin futures in 2028 as part of preparations for a regulated crypto investment market. The move is aimed at supporting institutional investors who will likely enter the market once Bitcoin exchange-traded funds are approved in Japan. Akira Tagaya, ...