Taiwan advanced the introduction of its new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations for cryptocurrency businesses after authorities fined two crypto exchanges for violations. On Nov. 27, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced that the upcoming money laundering prevention registration mandate for crypto exchanges was shifted to Nov. 30 from the previous Jan. 1, 2025 deadline. Per the previous…

Synthetic dollar protocol Ethena Labs and tokenization platform Securitize have submitted a joint proposal to feature Ethena’s USDtb stablecoin in Spark’s $1 billion Tokenization Grand Prix. The competition seeks to onboard real-world assets (RWAs) to decentralized finance by offering liquidity to selected participants. As part of the proposal, Ethena has included the introduction of a…

Decentralized exchange Curve has joined with blockchain network Elixir to expand access to decentralized finance (DeFi) for BlackRock’s tokenized money market fund, Curve said on Nov. 29. Token holders will soon be able to mint Elixer’s yield-bearing stablecoin, deUSD, against BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), Curve said. They can then swap deUSD for other…