Hong Kong’s markets regulator has moved to rein in listed firms leaning on digital asset treasuries, stepping up oversight whereas getting ready a public training push to warn retail traders concerning the dangers. Speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday, Securities and Futures Commission chair Kelvin Wong Tin-yau mentioned the company is monitoring how listed…
A latest outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) froze 1000’s of purposes and reignited debate about web3’s reliance on centralized cloud suppliers. The disruption uncovered how deeply crypto platforms nonetheless rely on Web2 infrastructure for methods meant to function with out interruption. How a Centralized Outage Crippled Decentralized Systems On October 20, 2025, the AWS…
Mastercard is in late-stage talks to purchase Zerohash for roughly $1.5b to $2b, a transfer that will deepen the cardboard community’s push into stablecoin and on-chain settlement, Fortune reported Wednesday. Founded in 2017, Chicago-based Zerohash gives the plumbing that lets fintechs, brokers and retailers add crypto, stablecoin and tokenization options by way of APIs, together…
Good morning, Asia. Before the bell, markets are struggling to seek out path after the Federal Reserve cut rates as anticipated, however provided little readability on what comes subsequent. Bitcoin slipped beneath $110,000, extending losses as merchants turned cautious following Jerome Powell’s measured tone. Asian equities opened blended. Equities in Japan and Australia dipped, monitoring…
Germany’s debate over Bitcoin is intensifying as lawmakers query whether or not the nation’s strict alignment with European Union (EU) rules may stifle innovation and monetary independence. The newest movement from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) celebration urges the authorities to exempt Bitcoin from heavy regulation and taxation below the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA)…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reportedly suffered one other outage right now, after its main disruption simply 10 days in the past on October 20. Many platforms counting on AWS have reported operational points to some extent. With these steady disruptions, the crypto group is dealing with a important concern. How safe are blockchain networks…
Democratic lawmakers are accusing President Donald Trump of political corruption after his controversial resolution to pardon former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, reigniting tensions between the White House and Congress over crypto business affect in U.S. politics. In a sharply worded letter addressed to Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a gaggle…
The $433 million presale of blockchain undertaking BlockDAG could also be going through a significant credibility disaster after on-chain investigator ZachXBT alleged that the individual behind the undertaking may not be its publicly offered CEO and will have ties to earlier crypto controversies. The dispute started earlier this week when BlockDAG’s official X account posted…
Deutsche Digital Assets (DDA), a European crypto asset supervisor, has teamed up with Safello, the Nordic cryptocurrency change, to launch the Safello Bittensor Staked TAO change traded product (ETP). The product will use Deutsche Digital Assets white-label crypto ETP platform and will start buying and selling on the SIX Swiss Exchange beneath the ticker STAO….
Australia’s securities regulator has declared stablecoins, wrapped tokens, tokenized securities, and digital asset wallets as monetary merchandise underneath current regulation, requiring service suppliers to acquire licensing whereas granting the business an eight-month transition interval. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced up to date steerage on Wednesday, alongside a sector-wide no-action place that runs…