Asia’s Best Companies Poll 2025: Industry winners admin, April 3, 2025 For a 25th year, FinanceAsia has published its highly regarded benchmark of Asia’s best companies. Based on nomination by Asia’s active community of influential investors and financial analysts, the poll evaluates the corporate behaviour and performance of Asian peers over the past 12 months. The FA team is delighted to announce the 2025… Continue Reading
Blockchain Interoperability 2.0: Cross-Ecosystem Bridges admin, April 3, 2025 The Role of Cross-Chain Bridges Blockchain interoperability is made possible in large part by cross-chain bridges. These bridges provide data and asset transfers and communication between several blockchains. To transfer tokens across blockchains without them, users would have to rely on controlled exchanges. Cross-chain bridges come in two primary varieties:… Continue Reading
Australia to develop digital asset framework, highlighting de-banking challenges admin, April 3, 2025 In the second half of March, Australia’s Treasury said in a statement that it will build a “fit-for-purpose framework” for the digital asset industry in its local market. ¬ Haymarket Media Limited. All rights reserved. Source link Continue Reading
Binance confirms FDUSD reserves are accurate after depegging admin, April 3, 2025 Binance has reaffirmed the accuracy of FDUSD’s reserve attestation for February, following concerns sparked by a brief de-pegging event. In an Apr. 3 update on the company’s blog, Binance stated it had reviewed First Digital USD’s (FDUSD) reserve data twice, once after the February attestation report was released and again… Continue Reading
Hong Kong’s MTR makes $3bn public bond deal admin, April 3, 2025 Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has priced a $3 billion three-tranche public bond, according to a April 1 announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX). The bond is the largest US dollar bond issuance by a Hong Kong issuer in Reg S format. ¬ Haymarket Media… Continue Reading
PayPal adds SOL and LINK for customers in the US and US territories admin, April 3, 2025 Key Takeaways PayPal is now supporting Solana (SOL) and Chainlink (LINK), alongside the other five major crypto assets. Currently, external transfers are not confirmed for SOL and LINK, unlike BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH, and PYUSD. Share this article PayPal, one of the largest digital payments platforms, has added Solana (SOL)… Continue Reading
DeepSeek AI excitement spills over to Hong Kong’s IPO market admin, April 3, 2025 The Exchange Square Complex, which houses the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on Feb. 26, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese companies are jumping at a window of opportunity to go public in Hong Kong as global investors start to return to the region, following the news… Continue Reading
Binance Just Killed Mask Network Crypto: MASK Price Plummets -38% After Delisting admin, April 3, 2025 Mask Network crypto drops after reported Binance delisting of MASKUSDT. Will panic selling force MASK even lower? MASK, the token behind the Mask Network, is in free fall, shedding a massive 38% in the past day of trading. According to one analyst on X, the crash follows its delisting from… Continue Reading
China to issue Rmb500bn of special treasury bonds to support Tier 1 capital at four large banks admin, April 3, 2025 China’s Ministry of Finance has said that it is readying to issue the first batch of special treasury bonds worth up to Rmb500 billion ($68.9 billion), to support the Bank of China (BOC), China Construction Bank (CCB), Bank of Communications (BoCom), and the Postal Savings Bank of China, by… Continue Reading
Gen Z’s Bitcoin Bet, The Largest Wealth Transfer In History? admin, April 3, 2025 Episode Summary On this episode of Bitcoin Backstage, Isabella Santos mines deep on the looming $84 TRILLION inheritance the Boomer generation is set to bequeath to younger generations. With rising adoption amongst younger generations, could Gen Z be about to make a generational Bitcoin bet? It turns out that the… Continue Reading