Digital Assets

Payments & Settlements

Thailand Targets Gold Traders, FX Inflows to Curb Baht's Rise

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/12/2025

The central bank is tightening scrutiny as the baht hits a four-year high, which the finance minister calls "unacceptable".

Operational Risk

China Sets Strict New Boundaries for Bank Custody Business

By Mark Johnston | 17/12/2025

New measures prohibit banks from funding investment products and providing guarantees, elevating oversight from self-regulation to binding departmental rules.

Tokenisation

Bhutan Commences Trading in New Sovereign Gold-Backed Token

By Manesh Samtani | 17/12/2025

The token is issued via a special administrative region and distributed exclusively by Bhutan's first licensed digital bank.

Anti-Money Laundering

FTAHK Forms Digital Asset Group to Tackle Financial Crime

By Editors | 17/12/2025

New forum aims to promote responsible integration between traditional finance and virtual asset firms through cross-sector collaboration on risk.

Trading & Investment

Singapore, China Deepen Financial Ties with Market Access Initiatives

By Nithya Subramanian | 16/12/2025

Some of the key measures include expanded bond market access, secondary listings and digital currency payments pilot for travellers.

Structural Regulation

Hong Kong FSDC Lays Out Roadmap to Bolster Capital Markets

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/12/2025

The FSDC proposes clearer listing paths, deeper liquidity and digital asset adoption to maintain the city's competitive edge.

Cryptocurrency

South Korea Scrutinises Binance over Upbit Breach Response

By Mark Johnston | 16/12/2025

Korean police had asked Binance to freeze Solana tokens from the Upbit breach, but only a partial amount was reportedly frozen after an initial delay.

Tokenisation

Swift, HSBC and Ant Pilot Tokenised Deposits for Cross-border Payments

By Editors | 15/12/2025

The proof of concept used the ISO 20022 standard over Swift's network to address interoperability and compliance challenges for digital assets.

Stablecoins

StanChart to Explore MYR Stablecoin in BNM Regulatory Sandbox

By Manesh Samtani | 15/12/2025

The bank will act as issuer while Capital A Bhd, the parent company of AirAsia, tests wholesale use cases within BNM's innovation hub.