Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Eng. Karim Badawi, announced that a new bid for prospecting for gold and associated minerals will be launched during the first quarter of 2025.
ZA Bank, Hong Kong’s largest digital bank, has become the first bank in Asia to offer crypto trading services to retail users. The service was launched in partnership with Hong Kong’s licensed exchange HashKey.
Singapore Gulf Bank is actively seeking to raise at least $50 million in a funding round, with plans to acquire a stablecoin payments company in the first quarter of next year.
Upbit, the largest Korean cryptocurrency exchange, reached $14 billion in trading volume on Saturday and Sunday, equivalent to the size of the entire Korean stock market.
South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it would not consider creating a national reserve for Bitcoin, explaining that it first needs to monitor other countries' reactions to US President-elect Donald Trump's plan to adopt cryptocurrencies before making a decision.🇰🇷
📈 Cantor Fitzgerald, led by Howard, is discussing a $2 billion bitcoin lending project with Tether, a major client. He is also set to become Trump’s commerce secretary.
💪 Liberty Steel CEO Vikrant Sharma has announced that he is converting all of his holdings from ETH to Bitcoin, calling it a difficult but necessary decision for the future.