JAPAN Metaplanet’s executive stock pool sparks shareholder backlash Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet’s executive stock pool continues to draw shareholder backlash over stock dilution concerns. Multiple shareholders objected across social media to Metaplanet’s 10th …
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BYDFi Joins Coinfest Asia 2026, Connecting with Institutions, Builders and Traders in Bali
by adminby adminVICTORIA, Seychelles, August 20th, 2026, Chainwire Global crypto exchange BYDFi is participating as a Gold Sponsor at Coinfest Asia 2026, taking place August 20-21 at Melasti Beach in Bali. Positioned as “The World’s Crypto …
- Web3 Technology
Kangaroo, Panda, Dim Sum: Foreign Bond Sales Hit Records Across Asia
by adminby adminForeign borrowers are flooding into Asia-Pacific bond markets. So-called Kangaroo, panda, and dim sum bond sales all hit records in 2026. Kangaroo bonds, sold in Australian dollars by foreign borrowers, reached about 42 billion …
- DeFi Market
Stablecoin payments go ‘invisible’ in Southeast Asia as crypto card business surges
by adminby adminWhen a tourist from Bangkok taps to pay in Singapore using their Thai e-wallet, few stop to consider what powers that transaction. But for Singapore-based StraitsX, the company behind the stablecoin infrastructure running in …
- Blockchain Research
Gold tops $5,000 as BTC stalls near $87,000 in widening macro-crypto split: Asia Morning Briefing
by adminby adminGood Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a …
- Bitcoin & Ethereum
Coinbase to Invest in India’s CoinDCX, Expand in South Asia and the Middle East
by adminby adminIn brief Coinbase is making a fresh investment in CoinDCX, building on prior investments through Coinbase Ventures, with the deal subject to regulatory approvals. The deal comes months after CoinDCX weathered a $44.2 million …
Bitcoin (BTC) hit ten-day lows at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as BTC price action followed a US stocks sell-off. Key points: Bitcoin price action reacts to contagion from an Asia stocks sell-off as it …
Ethereum posts record onchain activity as research points to possible spam-driven growth: Asia Morning Briefing
Data suggests much of the recent spike in Ethereum transactions is tied to address poisoning, a scam that relies on cheap “dust” transfers to contaminate transaction histories rather than organic user demand.