Digital Asset News
WLFI’s US$100M Buyer Linked to UK Money-Laundering Investigation
Questions are mounting over Aqua 1’s $100 million WLFI deal after backer Guren “Bobby” Zhou was arrested in Britain in 2021 over suspe...
Caleb & Brown Targets UK Wealth Market with High-Touch Crypto Brokerage Expansion
Swyftx-owned Caleb & Brown is bringing its private client crypto brokerage model to the UK, where affluent investors are driving demand for ...
Crypto Exchanges Race into Tokenised Stocks and Commodities as Competition Intensifies
Tokenised markets have grown almost fivefold since early 2025, with US stock perpetual futures overtaking precious metals in trading activit...
South Korea Scales Up Digital Won Pilot After Early CBDC Trial Sees Low User Engagement
South Korea's central bank will widen its digital won pilot to nine banks and 500,000 users in September, after a first run in which 81,000 ...
BlackRock Doubles Down on Digital Assets Despite 40% Drop in Crypto AUM
Tokenised funds, stablecoins and digital wallets remain central to BlackRock's roadmap even as weaker crypto markets reduced digital asset h...
U.S. Freezes $131M in Crypto Linked to Iran Amid Escalating Conflict
US sanctions officials added four Tron wallet addresses to the Central Bank of Iran’s sanctions listing on July 14, and Tether froze a...
Vanguard Signals Crypto Shift With New Digital Assets Leadership Role
Vanguard, which manages about $10 trillion and spent years dismissing crypto, has posted its first Head of Digital Assets role to build a mu...
SEC Eyes Sweeping Crypto Rule Overhaul Covering Tokens, Trading, and Broker-Dealers
The SEC has added three crypto rulemaking projects to its 2026 agenda, covering token sales, broker-dealers and trading venues, in a bid to ...
Trump Calls Crypto ‘Powerful’ While Defending Distance From Family’s Digital Asset Business
President Trump called crypto "powerful" while distancing himself from his family's digital-asset ventures, saying he never discusses them w...
Russia’s Digital Ruble Set to Go Live as Banks Confirm Readiness for September Deadline
Russia's central bank says the digital ruble is ready for nationwide use on September 1, with all 12 systemically important banks and large ...
Australia’s Digital Finance Crossroads: Build It Here or Buy It Later
BTC Markets says Australia has the tools to build digital finance infrastructure at home, but delays could see future market systems sourced...
More Than Half of Australia’s Business Leaders Now Hold Crypto Assets
Australian executives continue to outpace the wider public in crypto ownership as new digital asset regulations begin rolling out across the...