South Korea crypto firms get ‘venture company’ status next week
    11 Sep 2025
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    South Korea is reportedly lifting restrictions that have prevented crypto businesses from qualifying as venture companies, giving them new access to tax breaks and financing support. During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups said it had passed a partial revision to the Enforcement Decree of the Venture Business Act…

    Binance and Franklin Templeton join forces on tokenization ventures
    11 Sep 2025
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    Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has entered into a partnership with the US crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider, Franklin Templeton. Binance and Franklin Templeton are collaborating to explore tokenization of securities combined with a global trading infrastructure, the crypto exchange announced on Wednesday. “Our goal is to take tokenization from concept to practice for clients…

    First US DOGE ETF to begin trading on Thursday — Bloomberg analyst
    10 Sep 2025
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    The United States’ first memecoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is set to debut on Thursday, marking the latest step in the expansion of regulated crypto products after the successful rollout of Bitcoin and Ether funds last year. In a social media post on Tuesday, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said the Rex-Osprey Doge ETF (DOJE) is set to…

    Vietnam launches 5-year crypto market pilot with strict controls
    10 Sep 2025
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    Vietnam, ranked among the top countries worldwide for cryptocurrency adoption, is launching a five-year pilot program introducing strict requirements for the crypto industry. Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc signed a resolution enforcing a framework establishing rules for trading and issuance of crypto assets, the Government Electronic Newspaper of Vietnam reported on Tuesday. Taking effect immediately,…

    Ant Digital is putting $8B in energy assets on the blockchain: Report
    09 Sep 2025
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    A unit of the Chinese fintech conglomerate Ant Group is tokenizing more than $8 billion worth of energy infrastructure on its own blockchain. Ant Digital Technologies, the enterprise solutions arm of the Jack Ma-backed Ant Group, is in the process of tokenizing 60 billion yuan ($8.4 billion) of power infrastructure on its AntChain network, according to Bloomberg,…

    Ethereum L2 MegaETH introduces yield-bearing stablecoin to fund protocol
    09 Sep 2025
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    MegaETH, an Ethereum layer-2 protocol backed by Vitalik Buterin, announced the upcoming launch of a yield-bearing stablecoin that might give it a different business model than traditional L2s, which drive revenue through transaction fees. The stablecoin, USDm, is being developed in partnership with Ethena, an algorithmic stablecoin protocol with $13 billion in total value locked (TVL). It will launch…