SBI and SIX's joint venture, AsiaNext, this month listed its first securities, a dollar money market fund (MMF), and launched a digital collateral solution. AsiaNext first launched crypto derivatives earlier this year, which do not require a license in Singapore. This is the first of three trading products. The company holds a Singapore capital markets license and a recognized market operator (RMO) license, which allows it to operate exchanges.
Cloud bitcoin miner BitFuFu has acquired its first physical mining facility. The company described the acquisition of a 80 trillion watt (MW) facility in Ethiopia as the start of its infrastructure diversification. The value of the deal was not disclosed.
French video game company Ubisoft has announced that its first Web3-powered game, Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, will be launched on October 23 and will be deployed on the Oasys Layer2 network Home Verse, a blockchain-powered Web3 gaming ecosystem.
The Hong Kong government held the first regional consultation meeting on the "Policy Address" in Tai Po today. Li Jiachao attended, and some members of the public suggested that the government set up a department to regulate virtual assets to coordinate the current supervision work of different departments. Li Jiachao said at the conclusion of the consultation meeting that the economy of Hong Kong will grow by about 2.5% to 3% this year, and it is assessed that the economic growth next year will...
On August 14th, Skate announced the launch of its first stateless application, which allows users to seamlessly interact between more than 20 chains, and the user experience is similar to a single application with a unified state. It aims to change the traditional, isolated application model and eliminate the problem of application fragmentation. The first pilot stateless app is a Skateboard Workshop where users can assemble their own skateboards on more than 20 chains. Each assembled skateboard...
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru has awarded its first retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial development contract. The winning bidder is telecoms company Viettel Peru. At present, the company has not released further details.
The Aptos Foundation announced the launch of its first online global hackathon, CodeCollision, featuring five in-depth topics, three upgradable bounties, dozens of events, and a total prize pool of $500,000.
UDPN officially launched its first production system, including stablecoins and asset tokenization solutions. These systems were developed by Hong Kong-based Hongri Technology in collaboration with German consultancy GFT to support interoperability among multiple banks. UDPN is able to connect tokenized deposits, central bank digital currencies and stablecoins from multiple banks, and uses a Swift-like messaging mechanism to ensure seamless system connectivity. Previously, UDPN conducted several...