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As Bitcoin and other crypto prices plummet, US federal prosecutors have homed in on suspicions that a link between Bitcoin, Tether and crypto exchange Bitfinex might have been used to illegally move prices. Photo: US Department of Justice
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Wednesday’s blockchain news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Crypto prices may be falling but some think that means big investors will be attracted to the market. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, Thailand, World

Tuesday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 20, 2018February 18, 2020
United States President Donald Trump  believes the trade war with China is working. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Expect Trump to double down on the trade war with China

by William Pesek November 20, 2018February 18, 2020
As the market crashes, many Chinese Bitcoin mines are said to be closing down and their hardware is being sold off for scrap. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, World

Monday’s blockchain, crypto news from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 19, 2018February 18, 2020
SBI Ripple Asia has formed a blockchain-based anti-credit card fraud platform with nine major Japanese credit card issuers. Photo: ripple.com
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Friday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 16, 2018February 18, 2020
Sanya, in Hainan Province, could be transformed through a new partnership, between Chinese corporate monolith Ping An and the local municipal government, that says it aims to develop a new "Smart City". Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Thailand, World

Thursday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 15, 2018February 18, 2020
A bar in Tokyo  where customers can pay with NEM digital tokens. The Coincheck exchange lost NEMs worth more than $530 million in a hack in January 2018. Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Posted inChina, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Korea, World

Wednesday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Binance's enigmatic head, Changpeng Zhao, has expressed optimism for the crypto market and said the sector will 'kick off 2019 with a bang' as 'people in the industry are confident about the future.' Photo: Binance.com
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, World

Tuesday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand

Monday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Asia Times staff November 12, 2018February 18, 2020
The US Federal Reserve building. Photo: AFP/Karen Bleier
Posted inAT Finance, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Asia’s $4.3 trillion stock rout is
20 years coming

by William Pesek November 11, 2018February 18, 2020
The exchange has launched Binance Research, which will focus on the creation of institutional-grade research reports to increase transparency and improve the quality of information available within the crypto space. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Friday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 9, 2018February 18, 2020
South Korea’s Bar Association has lobbied its government to establish a legal framework for the blockchain and crypto-currency industries. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan

Thursday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 8, 2018February 18, 2020
Trouble in paradise: The Marshall Islands plans to introduce a cryptocurrency as the country’s second legal tender. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Middle East, Singapore, World

Wednesday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 7, 2018February 18, 2020
Reliance Industries, India’s largest private sector firm,   traded soybeans using blockchain. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, Thailand, World

Tuesday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 6, 2018February 18, 2020
A bar in Las Vegas USA with a Bitcoin teller machine. In India, police recently seized crypto ATMs as they deemed them illegal. Photo: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, India, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Today’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine November 6, 2018February 18, 2020
Reserve Bank of India governor Urjit Patel.  Photo: AFP/Punit Paranjpe
Posted inAT Finance, India, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Turkey, World

Trouble brewing at central banks at worst moment

by William Pesek November 2, 2018February 18, 2020
An electric board displays the Nikkei stock average rate and Dow Jones Industrial Average in Chuo Ward in Tokyo on October 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Shanghai, World

Asian markets rally on Friday after an up-and-down day

by Asia Times staff October 12, 2018February 18, 2020
This year Washington holds the presidency of the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force and intends to use its tenure to take down networks that specialize in the criminal handling of crypto-currencies. Many of these are based in Asia. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

Asia key to future global crypto regulatory framework

by Peter J. Brown October 12, 2018February 18, 2020
China's President Xi Jinping (L) accompanies Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso (R) to view an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 5, 2018, a day after the conclusion of the Forum On China-Africa Cooperation. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Lintao Zhang
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, World

Why Asia and Africa hold different views of China

by Xuan Loc Doan September 7, 2018
Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, India, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia, Turkey, World

India renewed run tramples investor landscape

by Gary Kleiman August 22, 2018

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