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Policy

Singapore Grants Digital Token Payment Licenses to FOMO Pay

The city-state granted an “in principle” license to Independent Reserve in August.

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Finance

China’s 9F to Become Crypto Brokerage After State Cracks Down on P2P Lending

The financial technology firm had to abandon its biggest revenue stream because China wanted to eradicate the industry.

Beijing

Policy

China to Build Global Clearing Network for Mobile Payments, Using Digital Yuan: State Media

RMB internationalization is inevitable, wrote People’s Daily.

Customers at a coffee shop in Beijing can use the digital yuan to pay.

Markets

Thailand's SEC Proposes New Rules for Crypto Custodians

Thailand has been significantly increasing its regulation of crypto.

Thailand

Markets

Philippines Looks to Tax Hit Blockchain Game Axie Infinity: Report

The country is the video game's leading market.

Axies from the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.

Markets

Cuando China habló, bitcoin reaccionó. ¿Cuando lo hizo Estados Unidos? No tanto

Días después de que China reiterara medidas drásticas contra el segmento cripto, bitcoin cayó hasta 30%. Estados Unidos, por su parte, parece no ser el centro del universo cripto.

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Markets

Crypto Trading Isn't Protected by Law, Shandong Province High Court Says

The ruling contradicts that of a court in Shanghai last week.

Shandong province capital, Jinan.

Markets

Upbit Is First Korean Exchange to Register With Authorities Before September Deadline

Crypto exchanges that don't register by Sept. 24 face being shut down in South Korea.

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Policy

Crypto Long & Short: When China Spoke, Bitcoin Reacted. America? Not So Much

It could just be the U.S. is not the center of the crypto universe.

Crypto Long & Short Aug 22

Markets

35 Chinese Banks Add Digital Yuan to Apps as Lenders Prepare for Adoption: Report

Another 94 banks plan to access the CBDC via a clearing platform.

Customers at a coffee shop in Beijing can use the digital yuan to pay.