Author: Kryptonews

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets:Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas.Crypto markets enter the “Year of the Horse” looking less like a victory parade and more like a racehorse at the starting gate: muscles are tense after a long stumble.The ETH versus BTC chart, in particular, is drawing attention because it is beginning to resemble the same stride pattern seen before the last major crypto bull run.The last time…

A metric tracking the health of the US economy has just posted its highest monthly score since August 2022, and crypto analysts say it could signal a turnaround for Bitcoin, which is trading at $78,000.The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a measure of manufacturing activity in the US, recorded a score of 52.6 in January, beating the market consensus of about 48.5 and ending 26 consecutive months of economic contraction, ISM stated in a report on Monday.The index score is a closely watched metric by investors and the Federal Reserve in assessing economic strength, inflation…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong’s financial regulator, is preparing to grant its first stablecoin issuer licenses in March, according to a Reuters report. During a Legislative Council meeting on Monday, HKMA Chief Executive Eddie Yue reportedly said the regulator’s review of stablecoin license applications was nearing completion. Yue added that the initial approvals will be limited, with only a “very small number” of licenses expected to be issued in the first batch. At a subsequent media briefing, the regulator said the assessments were focused on use cases, risk management, anti-money laundering (AML) controls and the quality of backing assets.…

The global financial landscape has undergone a profound transformation, from the chaotic energy of the open outcry trading pit to the eerily silent, sub-microsecond precision of automated systems. If you've been watching the markets closely, you've witnessed something remarkable unfold between 2024 and 2026: retail algorithmic trading didn't just grow, it matured into a formally regulated ecosystem. Meanwhile, AI transitioned from an experimental tool into an increasingly important component of certain professional quantitative workflows, particularly in research, feature engineering, and automation.Here's what this means for you: your success as a quantitative professional no longer hinges solely on your mathematical prowess.…

From 1987 to 1994, Epstein was a board member of the New York Academy of Art, a private university in Lower Manhattan focused on graduate-level education combining, as per the Academy’s website, “intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse.” In 1995, he met Maria Farmer, a 25-year-old aspiring artist and student at the Academy who, a year later, reported to the New York City Police Department and the FBI that she and her 16-year-old sister, Annie, had been sexually assaulted by Epstein and his close friend and associate Ghislaine Maxwell. (Maxwell has been accused by Maria…

Binance kicked off its $1 billion SAFU conversion into Bitcoin with a $100 million purchase, shifting its user protection fund out of stablecoins and into BTC.Crypto exchange Binance bought its first 1,315 Bitcoin as part of its conversion plan for the Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU).The Bitcoin (BTC), worth $101 million, was bought for an average price of $77,409.89 per coin, according to data from Blockchain.com. Binance said it expects to shift the rest of SAFU’s $1B from stablecoins to Bitcoin within the next 27 days.A Binance spokesperson told Cointelegraph on Friday that the SAFU fund will continue to…

Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao took to social media on Monday to counter a series of allegations he called “pretty imaginative FUD” aimed at himself and his former exchange as the main culprit for the dismal crypto price action.FUD — short for “fear, uncertainty, and doubt” — is a term widely used in crypto to describe the spread of false, misleading or exaggerated information that sows panic in the market. It has also been used to dismiss criticisms, even legitimate ones, that might affect companies.In a Monday X post, CZ addressed several narratives: speculation that Binance dumped bitcoin to trigger…

Opinion by: Daniel Taylor, head of policy at ZumoWe’re approaching five years since we first heard about the “global crypto hub UK,” and the United Kingdom has drawn its fair share of flak regarding its crypto strategy. Amid a perpetually delayed regulatory framework, vanishing company approval rates and increasingly loud public criticism of overzealous and nannying “positive frictions,” UK consumers have been left out in the cold both in product access and product choice when compared to international counterparts.Meanwhile, those in positions of influence have repeatedly and complacently dismissed the crypto trend, all while failing to implement any protective framework beyond…

The home goods chain Bed Bath & Beyond says it’s working to create a future where assets like real estate can be bought using digital tokens. The company says it just bought Tokens.com in a move to build a unified gateway for real estate finance and tokenized asset liquidity. The platform is designed to offer a one-stop solution allowing users to tokenize public and private securities, access cryptocurrencies including stablecoins and manage assets with consolidated views of values and liquidity options. The company says it plans to integrate Tokens.com with its blockchain and financial tech businesses, bridging traditional investing and…

Jupiter said it has secured a $35 million strategic investment from ParaFi Capital, marking the first time the Solana-based onchain trading and liquidity aggregation protocol has taken outside capital after years of bootstrapped, profitable growth.The transaction involved token purchases at market prices with no discount and an extended lockup period and was settled entirely in Jupiter’s JupUSD stablecoin, the companies said. Financial terms beyond the $35 million investment were not disclosed. Source: JupiterThe investment comes as Jupiter has processed more than $1 trillion in trading volume over the past year and expanded beyond swap routing into perpetuals, lending and stablecoins,…