ECB Backs ESMA as Sole Supervisor for Large Crypto Firms
The European Central Bank said it fully supports the European Commission’s plan to overhaul the supervisory framework by…
South Korea Weighs Confiscating Investment Principal for Crypto Insider Trading
Financial authorities are reviewing a plan to confiscate investment principal for trades using nonpublic information in the virtual-asset…
Japan Approves Bill to Classify Crypto as Financial Products
Japan’s government approved a bill to revise the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and classify crypto assets as…
Solana Korea Head Says Stablecoins Will Become Global Standard for Payments
Solana said it aims to become the new standard infrastructure for global payments and settlement based on stablecoins.…
IMF’s Georgieva Says Middle East Conflict Makes Global Growth Cut Unavoidable
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said a downgrade to the global growth outlook is…
Bank of Korea, Banque de France Hold Joint Seminar on Digital Assets, Climate Change
The Bank of Korea and the Banque de France held a joint seminar on how digital assets and…
Trump has not yet approved the 45-day Iran ceasefire proposal…just one of several ideas
The White House said the 45-day ceasefire proposal between the United States and Iran is not a formally…
“CBDCs and stablecoins can coexist in a complementary-competitive relationship”
Shin said stablecoins have positive functions—such as serving as a transaction instrument for tokenized assets—and can play a…
[Key economic and crypto events for the week ahead] FOMC minutes and more
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes are scheduled for release on April 8, drawing market attention. An…
Japan Exchange Group considers limiting index inclusion for companies with high virtual-asset holdings
Japan Exchange Group (JPX) said it is considering measures to limit index inclusion for companies that hold more…
[Analysis] “Ethereum shifts to ‘buy-side dominance’ in the derivatives market”
It was analyzed that buying interest is gaining the upper hand in the Ethereum (ETH) derivatives market. According…
“Taiwan needs to consider bitcoin reserves…must brace for China’s military pressure”
The Bitcoin Policy Institute said Taiwan should consider bitcoin as a reserve asset amid China’s military pressure. The…