HashKey Holdings Limited is set to become Hong Kong’s first publicly-listed crypto exchange after filing its initial public offering on Monday, outlining the scale of its trading, custody, and tokenization businesses in the city, which has emerged as one of Asia’s most active regulated hubs for digital assets. The IPO sets out 240.57 million shares
International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has warned that it may reassess US banks with “significant” cryptocurrency exposure negatively. In a report posted on Sunday, Fitch Ratings argued that while crypto integrations can boost fees, yields and efficiency, they also pose “reputational, liquidity, operational and compliance” risks for banks. “Stablecoin issuance, deposit tokenization and blockchain
According to research from the Bitcoin Policy Institute, Bitcoin has the potential to resolve the current issues, including rising tuition costs, persistent inflation, and limited investment flexibility in 529 college savings plans, which are facing most families looking to put their kids through higher education. The current plans offer valuable tax advantages, but they force
U.S. and Canadian companies holding digital assets, or DATs, have experienced significant stock price declines in 2025, with median prices falling 43%, Bloomberg reported. Summary U.S. and Canadian companies holding digital assets in their treasuries have seen stock prices fall by a median of 43% in 2025. These companies, known as digital asset treasuries (DATs),
The timeline for when President Trump will name a new Federal Reserve chair is uncertain. Jerome Powell, the current chair, will end his term in May 2026, and Trump is reportedly preparing to announce a successor soon, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Summary Trump is expected to announce Jerome Powell’s successor before Christmas,
8 December 2025 – Tether Investments announced today an investment in Generative Bionics, the largest spinoff in the history of IIT (the Italian Institute of Technology) and one of the largest research spinoffs in Europe, to support the development of a new generation of intelligent humanoid robots built for industrial scale performance, human-centric interaction and
Cwallet announced a new integration with Kava and immediately added one of the fastest and most interoperable blockchains to its expanding Web3 finance ecosystem. With this partnership, users will now be able to send, receive, trade, swap, and buy or sell KAVA tokens all within Cwallet, without needing to leave the Cwallet platform. 🚀 Announcing
Zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proof) coprocessor Brevis launched its marketplace, allowing users to earn by computing ZK-proofs. According to a Monday Brevis announcement, the “ProverNet” decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) network allows applications to access ZK-proof proving capacity and computing providers to earn money by computing proofs. Currently, the network uses Circle’s USDC (USDC) stablecoin as the native
Tether-backed Stable protocol has launched its USDT-powered blockchain, StableChain, alongside a new governance foundation and a native token. According to the protocol, the new layer-1 network is designed for stablecoin transactions and relies on Tether’s USDt (USDT) for gas fees payments, removing the need for volatile assets to process payments. Alongside the mainnet debut, Stable
U.S. Labor Department has scrapped the October Producer Price Index (PPI) inflation report after not gathering the needed information during the government funding lapse. Hence, markets are experiencing a void in essential information about inflation which normally provides basis on the rate decisions expectations.