Take custody away from crypto exchanges

Regulators looking to make their jurisdiction a regulated home for crypto need to revisit the Read More →

Hang Seng Bank’s CBDC pilots take wing

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has recently closed sixteen proofs of concept for a central-bank Read More →

The dawn of real-time bank transactions is here

In today’s fast-paced payment landscape, evolving industry standards, regulatory requirements, and heightened customer expectations are Read More →

Malaysia’s new players want open-banking models

Now that Malaysia is incubating five digital-only banks, there is a new impetus to push Read More →

OKX taking exchange business deeper into Web3

Charles Dickens famously wrote about it being the best of times and the worst of Read More →

Grab is the first Malaysian digital bank out of the gates

On September 1, 2023, the first of five licensed digital banks went live in Malaysia. Read More →

Can CoffeeDAO serve up a shot of real-world utility?

Many problems with blockchain-based ideas has been that speculators have driven the first adoption. Bitcoin’s Read More →

State Street Digital to pitch regulators on crypto custody

State Street Digital, the digital-assets arm of global custodian bank and investment manager State Street, Read More →

Copper Be Gone: The Chemistry Behind PCB Etching

For a lot of reasons, home etching of PCBs is somewhat of a dying art. Read More →

State Super onboards fintech Premialab for data insights

State Super, an A$38 billion ($25 billion) superannuation fund in Australia, is working with Hong Read More →

Converting Wind to Electricity or: The Doubly-Fed Induction Generator

Humanity has been harvesting energy from the wind for centuries. The practice goes back at Read More →

GCash looks beyond Philippines for growth

GCash, the e-wallet provider with the largest market share in the Philippines, is looking to Read More →

The 2003 Northeast Blackout and the Harsh Lessons of Grid Failures

The grid failure in 2003 which reverted much of the eastern US and Canada back Read More →

Fees | Bharat Malesha, SmartStream | VOX 66

One of the biggest costs incurred by sell-side firms is for trading: brokerage, exchange and Read More →

BitMEX builds towards centralized crypto’s future

It’s not a good time to run a centralized crypto exchange. Less than a year Read More →

Embedding fintech is key for Southeast Asia’s tech giants

Southeast Asia’s biggest platform companies have always included an arm for fintech or financial services. Read More →

WealthTech Endowus | Sam Rhee | DigFin VOX Ep. 65

Endowus is a Singapore-based wealthtech that has integrated public pension money into users’ financial strategy. Read More →

Tiny Bhutan’s giant digital-ID-on-blockchain roar

Bhutan, the tiny nation sandwiched between India and China, with a population below 800,000 and Read More →

Yifan He: decentralize the eRMB to make it useful

One of China’s leading blockchain executives says his company is running proofs of concept to Read More →

PropTech x Fintech | Ariel Shtarkman | DigFin VOX 64

Ariel Shtarkman is co-founder and managing partner of Undivided Ventures, a Hong Kong-based venture-capital business Read More →

StashAway’s private-markets product gains traction

StashAway has publicly landed a multi-family office that is using it to source a variety Read More →