Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) will offer the regulated HKD-backed token to institutional clients, with tokenized fund settlement planned for the fourth quarter
The Office of Foreign Assets Control added Iran’s crypto sector to its sanctions authority on August 24, targeting brokers and intermediaries while designating nearly 60 entities in a broader economic pressure campaign
Financial institutions and supervisory bodies from multiple regions start testing post-quantum cryptography for wallet generation and blockchain transfers on a specialized testnet
Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority has launched its licensing system under new rules, requiring current virtual asset service providers to seek preliminary approval by September 5 or halt operations
Capital Vault secures CMA virtual asset approval, enabling UAE users to buy and hold cryptocurrencies directly through the Capital.com app
Agency Chair Michael Selig directs staff to draft a regulatory framework using existing powers if Congress fails to advance digital asset legislation in September
The exchange opened its trading, payment and wallet infrastructure to AI agents on August 20, joining a series of similar moves by major platforms this year
Austria’s financial regulator has imposed a €70,000 fine on Bitpanda for breaches of EU crypto-asset rules on white papers and marketing, marking its first final published penalty under MiCA
Unauthorized crypto providers must wind down EU services after July 1, leaving millions of users to transfer assets while fraudsters impersonate regulators and licensed firms
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will convene its Innovation Advisory Committee on August 20 to examine crypto assets, artificial intelligence and prediction markets while Congress delays market structure legislation
