Tokenisation stories
Emerging-market users drove Binance's stock trading debut past USD $1 billion in assets as retail demand for US equities surged.
Institutional clients can now handle USDC through BNY's custody platform, linking digital asset storage with minting and redemption in one service.
Investors can now enter and exit six tokenised US equities at any hour, as Ondo widens access beyond Wall Street trading windows.
The move could lower settlement risk and speed up tokenised fund trades as asset managers seek regulated digital cash rails.
The launch broadens access to tokenised shares and round-the-clock trading as the platform pushes deeper into DeFi outside the US.
The update brings stronger autonomous task handling to Free and Pro users, while Anthropic also tightens cyber safeguards by default.
Operators in Asia-Pacific are under pressure to find new revenue as AI services and 5G-Advanced reshape telecoms economics.
Enterprises are increasingly judging CX vendors on AI governance, cloud infrastructure and pricing transparency rather than contact centre features alone.
The deal aims to cut failed bookings and speed supplier payouts across Agoda's global travel network, where cross-border payments are complex.
Analysts can now summarise millions of unstructured rows in BigQuery SQL, as Google's new preview function flags patterns in text and images.
Qualified institutions can now borrow stablecoins against a tokenised private credit product as Aave Horizon widens its real-world asset market.
Back-office automation for digital asset firms gets a boost as MoonPay adds software that speeds reconciliations, reporting and audits.
Broader adoption could unsettle bank funding and monetary sovereignty if privately issued tokens fail to keep money redeemable at par.
Years of regulatory delay risk leaving Australia behind as tokenised assets and digital investment platforms gather pace.
Britain's crypto firms face mandatory FCA authorisation, while lighter stablecoin capital rules may help keep business and liquidity in the UK.
Multiple European banks have backed a live AI-led purchase on Visa's network, pointing to how merchants may complete checkout without a separate flow.
Traditional crypto gauges may be missing a shift towards blockchain quietly underpinning payments, settlement and tokenised assets.
A new blockchain identity link could help Turkish users access regulated digital services while meeting stricter compliance demands.
Japan's approval of RLUSD opens Ripple's dollar-backed stablecoin to retail and institutional users, under strict rules via SBI VC Trade.
Funding will help Libeara expand regulated digital asset infrastructure into more markets as banks and asset managers weigh tokenised products.