The embattled crypto exchange will acquire the stake, which includes its own investment, via its Singapore arm Binance Asia Services

The country will also broaden online transaction laws to cover Apple and Google, as well as buy-now-pay-later providers such as Afterpay

Researchers investigate proof-of-concept for the issuance of a tokenised form of CBDC used by wholesale market participants

Recipient is a blockchain-based project that enables content sharing to reward creators, curators and other stakeholders

Asia Financial’s Future of Money index has fallen 10% since December 3 as investors become more risk-averse amid the Omicron variant threat.

Singapore’s financial regulator suspended digital currency exchange Bitget after it got into a legal dispute with South Korean boy band BTS, the FT reported.

Karen Makishima says Tokyo bureaucrats moved too slowly to loosen rules on emerging technologies, stifling companies and industries

The Indian government is set to debate a new law that will regulate digital currencies – and ban most crypto coins. This will hit millions of investors but also pave the way for a digital rupee

The authors say an update curtails the growth rate in ethereum supply and reduces the risk that token issuance eventually outpaces demand

Bank of Japan under pressure to shift from its cautious approach towards issuing a CBDC, as minister talks of 'security risk' of other countries issuing digital currencies

The arrest of Alvin Chau is seen as ushering in a new era of zero tolerance towards gambling in China, where all forms are illegal. It has also dealt a heavy blow to the junket industry

Singapore-based virtual currency exchange Coinstore has begun operations in India at a time when the Modi government is drawing up a new law that will effectively bar most private cryptocurrencies