South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has reaffirmed its plans to go public by 2028, announcing a multi-year roadmap centred on governance reforms, stricter compliance standards, and greater transparency as it prepares for an initial public offering (IPO). In...
India should introduce rupee-backed stablecoins to reduce reliance on U.S. dollar-pegged digital assets and protect users from exchange rate fluctuations, according to Binance's Asia-Pacific Head, Leon Foong. Speaking about digital asset adoption in the region, Foong said India's...
Indian crypto users have criticized MoonPay after discovering they could not complete Know Your Customer (KYC) verification needed to claim rewards from the PayBox token distribution, despite completing the campaign's required tasks. Posts shared on X showed users...
Bitcoin's Short-Term Holder Realized Cap dropped to $249.7 billion on July 31, falling below the $250 billion mark for the first time since October 7, 2024, according to on-chain data. The metric last stood at $244.4 billion in...
Coinkite has issued a security advisory warning that cryptocurrency stored in certain Coldcard hardware wallets could be at risk because of a flaw affecting seed generation on multiple firmware versions. The company said the issue affects seeds generated...
The Bank of Korea said on Thursday it had completed a real-value transaction trial on the digital currency platform developed under Project Agora, an international initiative led by the Bank for International Settlements. The trial confirmed that the...
Indian AI startup Sarvam has announced plans to build a foundational AI model with more than one trillion parameters, becoming the largest AI project to date. The company said the model is being developed entirely in India and...
Samsung SDS is in talks with Dunamu, the operator of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit, on stablecoins and AI-powered digital asset services. Speaking during the company's second-quarter earnings call on July 30, Chief Executive Officer Lee Jun-hee...
BNY is preparing to launch a blockchain-based digital transfer agency that will record fund transactions and ownership alongside its existing systems. The initiative will initially cover about $8.6 trillion in assets across 7.6 million investor accounts, with Baillie...
The United States Senate has advanced a bipartisan bill that could allow President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries that continue buying large volumes of Russian oil and gas. India is a major...
