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Afghanistan issues 10 million digital IDs
Afghanistan accelerates digital ID rollout as South Korea clears hurdles for FIDO biometrics, signaling adoption in national ID and authentication...
S.Korea triples AI spending; Qatar launches unified AI platform
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung wants lawmakers to approve a $6.9B budget allocation for AI, triple what the East...
Visa backs 4 stablecoins; S.Korea warns of won depeg risk
Visa says the stablecoins will run on four unique blockchains and will be converted to 25 different fiat currencies as...
China halts Alibaba, JD.com’s stablecoin plans in HK: report
Chinese tech giants rushed to secure stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong after it adopted new laws, but Beijing has now...
Australia’s draft rules bring ‘crypto’ under finance regulations
The proposed law will make Australia a “digital asset hub, without Europe’s prescriptive burdens but avoiding the chaos of the...
APAC digital asset adoption accelerates; Japan leads
According to Chainalysis, among APAC’s top five markets—Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, India, and Vietnam—Japan saw the “strongest growth.”
