Ondo Finance, one of the largest tokenized securities platforms globally, has partnered with Japan’s SBI Group to bring Japanese equities onchain and expand access to tokenized financial products across the country. The partnership will allow Ondo to issue...
South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) is preparing new rules for single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs), arguing that the products have become a source of financial risk as market volatility increases. FSC Chairman Lee Eog-weon said the regulator...
Decentralized trading protocol Ostium has confirmed that trading remains suspended following the recent security incident that drained funds from its public OLP vault. In its latest update, the protocol said user positions remain open but cannot be modified,...
Nokia has launched what it calls the industry's first commercial AI-RAN platform, built with NVIDIA, as telecom operators prepare for AI-driven mobile networks. The company says the platform will improve spectrum efficiency, lower network costs, and provide a...
Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape staffing across India's private banking sector, with several lenders reporting smaller workforces as automation takes on more routine tasks. According to recent reports, banks increased their use of AI and digital tools...
Crypto futures now account for more than 80% of trading volume on Indian exchanges as traders move away from spot markets following the country's tax rules, according to data cited by Moneycontrol. The change traces back to India's...
Crypto exchange OKX has launched more than 40 tokenized US stocks and ETFs, allowing eligible customers across Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, the CIS region, MENA, and Türkiye to trade assets such as Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla, the S&P 500,...
Japan has approved amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act that formally classify cryptocurrencies as financial products, marking one of the country's biggest digital asset policy changes in recent years. The legislation, approved by Japan's House of...
Grupo BIND and Circle have partnered to offer regulated access to the USDC stablecoin for institutional clients in Argentina through BIND's digital asset platform, BEN. The partnership is made for corporations and financial institutions looking for a compliant...
Japan’s SBI Group, DigiFT, and Startale Group have completed two proof-of-concept (PoC) tests showing how JPYSC, Japan’s first trust-based Japanese yen stablecoin, could support the settlement and income distribution of tokenized securities. The tests were conducted on the...
