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With economic security as a top priority, the Kishida administration anticipates the release of competing CBDCs.

Crypto resilient to Omicron meanwhile Japan speeds up on CBDC

Will crypto exchange Binance withdraw its license application in Singapore and look elsewhere in its search for a new global home?

A former finance secretary says too much is yet unknown about the new crypto bill for investors to expect the worst.

The impresario behind superstars BTOB and (G)I-DLE tells Forkast.News there’s ‘no upper limit’ to how much Cube will invest in NFTs and a metaverse for concerts.

Top blockchain and crypto news: Are India’s CBDC plans crowding out crypto? Jack Dorsey goes full Bitcoin bro. China’s digital yuan hopes claim another victim.

Now that South Korea’s crypto tax is delayed a year, what will the final form look like? Should crypto gains be taxed like stock profits — or winning the lottery?

Korea crypto tax postponed, meanwhile CoinDCX looks to IPO

Omicron hits markets meanwhile Japanese novel released as NFT

In the long run, the new rules may ‘lay the perfect foundation’ to improve risk management, says an ICBC expert.

South Korea reaches a tentative agreement to delay a pending tax on virtual assets. Crypto investors in next-door Japan already face taxation up to 55%.

As the NFT zeitgeist sweeps the world, the industry’s beating heart is in Asia, writes David Tng of TZ APAC. Here’s how Asia’s NFTs are changing business models.

Korea crypto tax debated meanwhile, Crypto.com is on a tear

Xive co-founder tells Forkast.News no mining is possible in the south, while other regions still survive.

Bitcoin and Ethereum prices fell nearly 24% in India as investors sought to get ahead of a possible crypto prohibition.

India proposes crypto ban meanwhile Metaverse race heats up

Top blockchain and crypto news: Fed nominations suggest no sudden moves. El Salvador’s Bitcoin lava affair. Dodgy dealings in China’s digital yuan.

Inner Mongolia police bust yet another digital yuan money laundering case.

Korea stands firm on NFT games, meanwhile Laos introduces crypto regulations

Despite the global boom of play-to-earn games, South Korea will still ban blockchain-based video games that reward cashable NFTs.

The Scandinavian country is concerned with potential environmental harm, while the debt-laden SE Asia nation seeks to regulate.

Crypto market cap plunges as South Korean banks head into metaverse

Every morning at Upbit, the nation’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, a brief and odd surge in random altcoin prices takes place. Which crypto will it be tomorrow?

Blockchain-powered iVote.ph lets users ‘vote’ on NFTs depicting presidential candidates in the Philippines. Can the underlying technology be trusted?