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Retail Asia18/11/2021

Crypto.com has bought the naming rights to the arena that is home to NBA team Los Angeles Lakers, in what is said to be one of the largest naming deals in sports history. The Staples Center in Los Angeles, home to the Lakers basketball team as well as the L.A. Kings hockey team and women’s […]

Retail Asia16/06/2021

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The country’s finance regulator is banning licensed digital asset exchanges from trading meme coins, fan-based tokens, NFTs, and social coins as part of its ongoing regulatory action against crypto trading. The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is prohibiting exchanges in the country from providing services related to utility tokens or cryptocurrencies to ensure customer protection […]

Retail Asia15/11/2019

The partnership with the National University of Singapore will bring together industry players, government agencies, regulatory bodies and educational institutions to develop and apply emerging technologies in the field. The School of Computing at the National University of Singapore and blockchain payments firm Ripple have come together to establish the NUS FinTech Lab, which aims […]

Retail Asia05/07/2019

As expected, Facebook announced a brand new cryptocurrency coming in 2020 – Libra. Described as a new digital wallet for new digital currency, the new financial service will allow consumers to keep their cryptocurrency safe, as well as make various transactions. When it launches in 2020, the digital wallet will be available in Messenger, WhatsApp, but also […]

Retail Asia21/04/2017

At convenience stores across the country, customers paying with cash will have the option of depositing extra change into public transit cards or converting them to rewards points. The bank’s goal is to reduce the number of circulating coins, which costs an estimated 60 billion won ($52.6 million) a year to mint.The Bank of Korea […]

Retail Asia04/12/2016

South Korea is the next country looking to go cashless. That in itself may not surprise most people, but the way the government is going about things will raise a lot of questions. It appears the current plan is to force people to hand over all of their physical currency to the central bank. This […]

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Singapore-Based Crypto Platform Inks Blockbuster Sports Deal

Thailand Reins in Speculation in Digital Assets

Ripple Launches Academic Lab to Groom Talents

Facebook reveals its new digital currency called Libra

Bank of Korea begins effort to ditch coins

South Korea’s Cashless Push Will See Coins Removed From Circulation By 2020