Blockchain
HSBC, Hong Kong’s Largest Bank, Names Stablecoin ‘RedCoin’
Hong Kong’s largest bank is moving toward a regulated digital dollar product, with HSBC reportedly branding its upcoming stablecoin initiative as RedCoin.
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Blockchain
Asia Crypto Roundup: Stablecoin Safeguards and On-Chain Settlement
South Korea sought KRW stablecoin liquidity safeguards as Hana Bank issued blockchain bonds and Hong Kong considered continuous on-chain settlement.
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KRWQ Plans Onchain Korean Won Access for Digital Markets
KRWQ outlined a vision for bringing offshore Korean won trading onchain through a compliant stablecoin infrastructure, with EDX Markets listing its perpetual…
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Mantle Hits Back-to-Back All-Time Highs with 1,473 Tokenized Assets and $476M in Distributed Asset Value
Mantle's tokenized asset count rose from 71 to more than 1,473 this year, while distributed asset value for real-world assets reached $476…
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Bridge CEO Zach Abrams Leaves Stripe to Lead Open Standard
Bridge co-founder and CEO Zach Abrams will leave Stripe to run Open Standard full time, focusing attention on stablecoin infrastructure leadership as…
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Tezos Launches Quantumnet Post-Quantum Testnet
The new Quantumnet environment gives Tezos developers a place to test quantum-resistant cryptography across the full layer-1 stack before a future protocol…
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MoonPay to Acquire North Capital in $60M Tokenized RWA Push
The payments company is moving deeper into tokenized private markets by acquiring North Capital in an all-stock transaction valued at more than…
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HIFI Raises $37M Series A for Stablecoin Infrastructure
HIFI, a stablecoin infrastructure provider, has closed a $37 million Series A led by Left Lane Capital to scale its on-chain payment…
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CoinMarketCap Acquires Coinglass Derivatives Data
CoinMarketCap brings Coinglass liquidation heatmaps, open-interest dashboards, and funding-rate tables into its crypto price tracker, expanding market data beyond spot prices.
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CryptoRank: RWA Perpetual DEX Volume Hits $365B in Q3
CryptoRank tracked $365 billion in third-quarter real-world asset perpetual trading, a 32% rise from Q2, showing tokenized markets becoming a heavier onchain…