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DeFi Platform MANTRA Secures Dubai License, Expanding Global Reach

The platform recently added Google as a primary validator and infrastructure to its blockchain.

John Patrick Mullin, CEO & Co-Founder of MANTRA, and Richard Widmann, Global Head of Crypto Strategy at Google Cloud, speak at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk. (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

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B2C2 Gains Luxembourg Virtual Asset License as EU's Crypto Rules Set to Kick In

The liquidity provider is expanding to Luxembourg in a bid to widen its EU presence six months after gaining a license to operate in France.

Luxembourg (Cedric Letsch, Unsplash)

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Survival Race of South Korean Exchanges; Ethereum Powers Digital Passports in HK

50 of 60 crypto exchanges in South Korea race to apply for Information Security Management System (ISMS), the first step to an official VASP license. ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) and R3 to launch CBDC sandbox. Hong Kong meets Ethereum-powered COVID-19 digital passports. More on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Crypto Exchanges Need Common Messaging to Comply With Travel Rule

From ATMs to cargo containers, standards make global commerce work. The same goes for crypto, which needs standards to comply with anti-money laundering rules.

Leah Callon-Butler

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