#APAC News
Elon Musk Deepfake Crypto Scam Raises Alarm In Hong Kong, SFC Responds
coingape.com In a recent advisory, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a stern warning about a cryptocurrency scam involving deepfake technology. This…
Binance Collaborates with Taiwan to Resolve Multi-Million Crypto-Assisted Money Laundering Case
cryptonews.com Binance has teamed up with Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau and the Taipei District Prosecutors Office to solve a significant case involving…
Elon Musk deepfake crypto scam highlights risks to Hong Kong as AI-related fraud rises
scmp.com There have already been multiple cases of deepfake-related incidents of fraud in Hong Kong, putting the government on alert. Deepfake incidents in Asia-Pacific surged 1,530…
This Week in B2B Innovation: Globalization, Digitization and Better Payments
pymnts.com The B2B landscape is built atop a foundation of innovation designed to meet business needs. And with the news that U.S. corporate bankruptcies have reached their highest…
Bybit Returns 2% to Bybit Card Users via Cashback Campaign
coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Bybit Returns 2% to Bybit Card Users via Cashback Campaign Major cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has launched a cashback offer for users of its Bybit Card. All…
Music Licensing Startup, Melodie, Banks $1M in Bridge Round Funding
benzinga.com SYDNEY, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Australian music licensing startup, Melodie ( ), has just secured $1M in fresh funds, ahead of a strategic capital raise planned for…
Conscious usage of TCA: Making trade analytics more actionable
thetradenews.com In the constantly evolving financial markets landscape, where volatility and complexity are continually featured, the ability to discern the true costs of trading has become…
Crypto.com Officially Joins Adan Association for Crypto and Blockchain Development in France and Europe
coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Crypto.com Officially Joins Adan Association for Crypto and Blockchain Development in France and Europe Popular Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange…
Bitget Launches $10M Ecosystem Fund to Boost Onchain Layer Expansion
coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Bitget Launches $10M Ecosystem Fund to Boost Onchain Layer Expansion Crypto exchange Bitget has launched a $10 million BWB Ecosystem Fund as part of efforts to…
Pax8 Launches Pax8 Tech for Nonprofit
benzinga.com DENVER, May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pax8, the leading cloud commerce marketplace, today announced Pax8 Tech for Nonprofit, a new global program built for nonprofit…
ITV Studios Rejigs Distribution Team With Tom Clark Promoted; Dare Pictures Signs MD
deadline.com Love Island seller ITV Studios has rejigged its sales team by promoting Tom Clark to EVP Global Sales & Commercial Strategy. Clark, who joined from Airbnb six months ago,…
Measuring Exchange Quality And ‘Fake Volume’
coinmetrics.substack.com None Centralized exchanges can vary widely in quality based on transparency, resilience, data quality, and other factors. • None Trade patterns, volume correlations and…
Erste AM joins Clearwater Analytics’ buy-side community to drive business growth
thetradenews.com Erste Asset Management, part of Erste Group Bank, has become the latest European client to join Clearwater Analytics’ buy-side community. Winfried Buchbauer Erste AM has…
Less than half of journalists using generative AI for work, survey
pressgazette.co.uk Less than half of journalists say they are using generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini (formerly Bard) in their work, according to a new global survey. Some…
APAC Middle-Market Leaders Embrace External Financing for Growth
pymnts.com We are in the midst of a working capital revolution — one that is increasingly driven by innovation and made more necessary by the macroeconomic backdrop, particularly for…
Liminal Custody Secures Key ADGM FSP License, Reinforcing Leadership in Digital Asset Custody
cryptopotato.com [PRESS RELEASE – Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, May 14th, 2024] Liminal Custody, a leading provider of digital asset custody and wallet infrastructure solutions, announced a landmark…
Custody Provider Liminal Receives Approval in Abu Dhabi as it Expands to Middle East
cryptonews.com Liminal, a leading Singapore-based custody services provider, has achieved a significant milestone in its global expansion journey with regulatory approval in Abu Dhabi. The…
SoftBank reportedly preparing for Arm to tackle AI chips
theregister.com Asia in brief SoftBank-owned Arm is reportedly preparing to add AI chips to its product portfolio starting in 2025. The chip designer plans to set up an AI division with…
Blockchain Infrastructure Blockdaemon Bags Approval in Abu Dhabi to Expand UAE Presence
coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Blockchain Infrastructure Blockdaemon Bags Approval in Abu Dhabi to Expand UAE Presence Blockdaemon has announced its plans to spread its tentacles and gain more…
Vote for your Disrupt 2024 Audience Choice favs
techcrunch.com We received countless submissions to speak at this year’s Disrupt 2024. After carefully sifting through all the applications, we’ve narrowed it down to 19 session finalists.…
Singapore's Liminal Secures Regulatory Approval in Abu Dhabi
financemagnates.com Singapore-based custody services provider, Liminal, has obtained regulatory approvals in Abu Dhabi. Liminal's subsidiary, First Answer Middle East, has been granted…
Custody Provider Liminal Wins Approval in Abu Dhabi as It Extends Expansion in Asia
coindesk.com Liminal, a Singapore-headquartered provider of custody services, won regulatory approval in Abu Dhabi as its expansion outside its home base takes another step forward, its…
People Moves Monday: Citi, Societe Generale, Cantor Fitzgerald and more…
thetradenews.com Citi moved to expand its rates trading team with a string of new hires from across the street, The TRADE understands. According to an internal memo, Courtenay Watson has…
Crypto Hiring: Monad is using its $225M haul to load up on talent
blockworks.co A month ago, Monad raised $225 million on the promise of a high-throughput Ethereum-compatible layer-1 blockchain. It’s now putting those funds to use on the hiring front.…
DigiKey Officially Registers as an Importer of Record in Japan, Offering Japanese Customers a Localized Experience
benzinga.com OSAKA, Japan, May 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DigiKey, a leading global commerce distributor offering the largest selection of technical components and automation products…
Chainlink Completes Permissionless Rollout For Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol
thedefiant.io CCIP is already generating $6,669 in daily revenue for Chainlink. Chainlink has completed the general availability launch for its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol…
‘CoComelon’ Maker Moonbug Entertainment Opens LatAm Headquarters In Miami
deadline.com Manuel Reveiz has been drafted in to lead the office as Head of Distribution and Partnerships, Latin America. He will be responsible for Moonbug’s presence in Latin American…
Banxa Adds Tokenized Real Estate Platform Blocksquare’s BST Token to Fiat Checkout
cryptopotato.com [PRESS RELEASE – Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 9th, 2024] Blocksquare, a tokenization infrastructure provider for real estate, is delighted to announce that its native token BST…
Generative AI's disinformation threat is 'overblown,' top cyber expert says
cnbc.com 2024 is set up to be the biggest global election year in history. It coincides with the rapid rise in deepfakes. In APAC alone, there was a surge in deepfakes by 1530% from…
From chips to cloud, tech titans splash cash across APAC
theregister.com Tech giants including Intel and AWS joined Microsoft and others this week in announcing investments in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region to build out infrastructure - cloud…
Asia's hyperscalers hustle for juice as datacenters drain grid
theregister.com Southeast Asia's hyperscalers face plenty of challenges – from securing talent, property, and keeping construction costs down – but these hurdles pale in comparison to the…
Digital Will and WORTAL Platform Win Takeoff Tokyo 2024 Pitch Contest
benzinga.com TOKYO, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 11th, 2024, at the Tokyo Big Sight International Exposition Center, Japanese tech startup Digital Will Inc. was declared the…
Experimental WEB3 Event Series, ICPCC, Set to Decentralize Into a Dao Following Global Livestream on May 10th
beincrypto.com Editorial Note: The following content does not reflect the views or opinions of BeInCrypto. It is provided for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as…
Market Maker Wintermute to Support Hong Kong Spot ETFs with Liquidity
coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Market Maker Wintermute to Support Hong Kong Spot ETFs with Liquidity Crypto market maker Wintermute may have revealed new plans to offer liquidity support to…
Wematch.live bolsters global presence through appointment of head of equities sales for EMEA
thetradenews.com Wematch.live has appointed Grant Davies head of equities sales for the EMEA region, effective as of 15 May. Davies brings over two decades experience in securities finance…
Wintermute to Provide Liquidity for Hong Kong-listed Crypto ETFs
cryptonews.com Crypto market maker Wintermute is providing liquidity and supporting the newly launched Hong Kong spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In an announcement…
Crypto Trading Firm Wintermute to Provide Liquidity for Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs
coindesk.com Looking to strengthen its market share in the Asia region, Wintermute will be a liquidity provider to the recently launched Hong Kong-listed spot bitcoin and ether…
Quanergy Ushers in New Era of 3D LiDAR Solutions to Achieve Projected 300% YoY Growth
benzinga.com SAN JOSE, Calif., May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quanergy Solutions, Inc., continues to gain momentum since reformulating its business operations to focus exclusively on…
Asian Markets Lose $2.5 Billion as Outflows Continue in April
asiafinancial.com Traders say a range of Asian markets experienced modest foreign outflows in April because of the rise in US Treasury yields. This stems from expectations that the US Federal…
Charles River taps FactSet for new head of Asia-Pacific
thetradenews.com Former head of Asia Pacific at FactSet Research Systems, Vin Bhat, has been appointed senior vice president and head of APAC at Charles River Development (CRD), a State…
Is The Bitcoin ETF Rally Over? Hare Are The Top Reasons Behind Recent Market Slowdown
coinpedia.org The post Is The Bitcoin ETF Rally Over? Hare Are The Top Reasons Behind Recent Market Slowdown appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The crypto market’s recent rally,…
Crypto.com Surpasses 100M Users Globally, Doubling since Formula 1 Partnership
coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Crypto.com Surpasses 100M Users Globally, Doubling since Formula 1 Partnership Crypto.com, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange, has reached a crucial milestone…
Why Hong Kong crypto custodians and exchanges are sparring over customer assets
dlnews.com Cryptocurrency ventures typically bristle at regulation. But in Hong Kong one group has repeatedly called for it — cryptocurrency custodian companies. “We want to be…
China’s growing business ties with emerging markets offer ‘huge opportunity’ in B2B payment space: Ebanx
scmp.com “There is a huge opportunity arising from increasing business ties between China and other emerging markets, and the same revolution that has happened to the digital…