Blockchain

Experts predict the Chinese e-yuan to be available nationwide after the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Across Asia, other nations are also developing their own CBDCs.

Binance faces potentially hefty financial penalties in Thailand, and the company’s staff could be jailed.

The number of crypto investors in Indonesia now exceeds its 2.2 million stock traders, per data released in March by the Indonesian Stock Exchange.

Thai conglomerate Jay Mart Group is looking to list its NFTs on foreign exchanges.

The firm is partnering with large banks across the region that are increasingly attracted to the crypto space.

The firm is set to expand to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam in the next two years.

Despite the massive interest in NFTs, people wonder if the tech-enabled medium has long-term benefits or if it is just a way for speculators to get rich quickly.

Thailand is reining in decentralized finance, while forging ahead with its own central bank digital currency to maintain control over digital transactions.