Hong Kong To Grant Stablecoin Licenses In Q1, Financial Secretary Reveals At Davos
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary, Paul Chan Mo-po, announced the region’s plan to issue licenses for stablecoin providers in the first quarter of this year as the city seeks to strengthen its position as a leading hub for financial technology. Hong Kong’s...
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Crypto prices today (Jan. 22): BTC, BNB, XMR, SUI rebound as Trump cancels EU tariff threats
Crypto prices today edged higher as easing geopolitical tension helped stabilize risk appetite, even as sentiment indicators remained deep in fear territory. The total crypto market capitalization rose 0.8% to about $3.12 trillion. Most of the major tokens traded in…...
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US Treasury ETFs On-Chain? Investment Firm Seeks SEC Nod: ‘Tokenization Is Coming To Securities Markets…’
Asset management firm F/m Investments sought SEC approval on Wednesday to tokenize shares of its flagship U.S. Treasury Bill exchange-traded fund. Regulated Pathway For Treasury Bill ETFs F/m Investments applied with the regulator to record ownership of tokenized shares of the US Treasury 3 Month Bill ETF (NASDAQ:TBIL) on a “permissioned” blockchain. If the SEC...
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Uniswap deploys Continuous Clearing Auction token launch feature to Base
Uniswap rolled out its Continuous Clearing Auctions feature on Base, giving developers a new way to launch tokens on-chain with built-in price discovery and liquidity setup. Uniswap has introduced its CCA feature on Base, giving developers a new way to…...
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Solana Mobile’s Long-Awaited SKR Token Goes Live
Solana Mobile has finally launched the much-anticipated SKR, the native token of its Seeker smartphone ecosystem. The distribution went live on Tuesday at 9:00 pm ET. It allows eligible Seeker users to claim and optionally stake their allocations through the Seed Vault Wallet’s Activity Tracking tab, with a small...
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BitGo prices IPO at $18, pitching custody growth over crypto trading swings
With recent listings underperforming the CoinDesk 20, BitGo is positioning itself as a rare pure play on institutional crypto custody and long term adoption....
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Vietnam Begins 5-Year Crypto Licensing Pilot To Regulate Exchanges
Vietnam has launched a pilot program to license cryptocurrency exchanges, aiming to bring the rapidly growing market into a formal legal framework after years of regulatory uncertainty. Vietnam’s Crypto Licensing Pilot Begins On Tuesday, Vietnam began its pilot licensing regime to officially regulate crypto trading platforms in the country...
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U.S. lawmakers push back crypto bill markup amid housing focus
The Senate delayed consideration of a sweeping US crypto bill again as lawmakers prioritized housing legislation tied to rising living costs. A major US crypto market bill faced another setback this week, as Senate lawmakers shifted attention to housing legislation…...
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Bank lobby targets stablecoin yield and open banking in policy push
The American Bankers Association’s latest priorities aim to limit how digital dollars earn returns and how financial data is shared as lawmakers debate U.S. crypto market structure legislation....
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Nvidia, Microsoft Trading On Solana? Ondo Finance Launches ‘Full TradFi Portfolio’ Of Stocks, ETFs, Gold On The Blockchain
Real-world assets tokenization platform Ondo Finance (CRYPTO: ONDO) launched hundreds of blockchain-based stocks, exchange-traded funds, bonds, and commodities on Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) on Wednesday. Solana Goes TradFi Ondo Finance said in an X post that it’s bringing the “full TradFi portfolio” to Solana, one of the most popular networks for decentralized...
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