The Ultimate Guide to Crypto

2026 · Asian Edition

‘Digital money’ was ushered in with the 2008 invention and 2009 launch of Bitcoin. While still the most popular and nominally valuable of them all, there are thousands of cryptocurrencies available in the market today. Cryptocurrencies are created with encryption algorithms and are intended as a store of value or a means of exchange, and are generally (but not always) based on blockchain technology. Blockchain is a distributed ledger enforced by a network of independent computers.
Asian Crypto news
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Analyst Insights
Thunes ranks among top three in cross-border payments
Juniper Research · Crypto · Fintech
This month
Boku opens Singapore hub to tackle USD $290 trillion payment market
Juniper Research · Crypto · Fintech
Mon, 17th Nov 2025
Canva teams with Boku to boost payment options in Asia, Europe
Juniper Research · Crypto · Digital Entertainment
Fri, 15th Aug 2025
Asia Pacific smart retail market to hit USD $198.16B by 2034
Polaris Market Research · Crypto · Data Analytics
Mon, 7th Jul 2025
Expert columns
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
By Georgia Hanias of Ecology Media
Last month
Why fintech needs more women in the room where risk decisions are made
By Kristina Nikipolska of xpate
Last month
Building payments that work for everyone: Why diverse teams are the key to secure innovation
By Lucy Anderson of Global Payments
Last month
The world needs more women in tech - and there's no time to wait
By Rasangi De Silva
Last month
2026 begins: Crypto's heavyweight rumble - round by round
By Easy Crypto
Mon, 23rd Feb 2026
Government Adoption Signals Web3 Maturity
By Steve Durbin of RYT
Tue, 27th Jan 2026
The future of authentication in 2026: Insights from Yubico's experts
By Ronnie Manning of Yubico
Thu, 8th Jan 2026
Top Fraud Trends and Considerations for 2026
By Edmund Ng of Melissa
Mon, 5th Jan 2026
How identity verification could have stopped a $300M Crypto scam
By Edmund Ng of Melissa
Wed, 24th Dec 2025
Bitcoin's adolescence: From silk road to government treasuries
By James Coombes of Block Earner
Sun, 23rd Nov 2025
2026: Payments in Singapore are about to get more personal, more portable and more purposeful
By Ben Wong of Adyen
Fri, 21st Nov 2025
Why embedded finance is the missing layer in remote and flexible benefits
By Alex Misfud of Weavr
Thu, 20th Nov 2025
Reshaping access to financial markets by bridging the investment gap
By Kenneth Chan of Webull Malaysia
Mon, 17th Nov 2025
How ransomware economics drives the global cybercrime industry
By Craig Searle of Trustwave
Wed, 22nd Oct 2025
From locked-out to let in: Tokenisation's promise for everyday investors
By Paul Quickenden of Easy Crypto
Mon, 18th Aug 2025
Interviews
Exclusive: EBANX targets APAC with MPI licence win
Discussing Digital wallets
Wed, 20th Aug 2025
Recent news
Mastercard & Lobster.cash team up for AI agent payments
About Online shopping
Last week
Tether backs Drift Protocol relaunch with GBP £150m
About Hack
Last week
Blackhawk launches digital wallet for unified stored value
About Digital wallets
Last week
Gr4vy launches toolkit for ChatGPT agentic payments
About Digital wallets
Last week
Banks test stablecoins for faster cross-border payments
About Fintech
Last week
Tether backs USD $134 million Stablecoin Development
About Digital wallets
Last week
Visa launches Tempo validator node in blockchain push
About Firewalls
Last week
L&G Asset Management launches tokenised liquidity funds
About Productivity
Last week
Cyber teams unready for major attack, Sygnia finds
About Cloud Services
Last week
Singapore sandwich class turns to crypto for stability
About BitCoin
Last week
Kumo launches KumoRFM-2 for enterprise relational data
About Business Intelligence
Last week
Bitget launches CFD copy trading amid market volatility
About Fintech
Last week
Mastercard brings Apple Wallet transit payments to Korea
About Wearables
Last week
Bitget launches IPO Prime with SpaceX-linked pre-sale
About Initial Public Offering
Last week
CoinGecko report says stablecoins dominate CEX trading
About BitCoin
Last week
Job moves
Ledger appoints Ian Rogers to lead AI security push
Move at Ledger
Last week
Visa names David Peacock to lead New Zealand & Pacific
Move at Visa
Last month
Unlimit names Michele Fung as new Head of Asia Pacific
Move at FinTech Association of Hong Kong
Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Nium adds three C suite leaders to drive global growth
Move at PayPal
Thu, 12th Feb 2026
YAP Global names Otto Jacobsson CEO amid crypto shift
Move at PwC
Fri, 16th Jan 2026
BluSky AI names Riley Cooney to drive modular AI push
Move at BluSky AI
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
Mangopay names Andy Wiggan Chief Product Officer
Move at GoCardless
Wed, 10th Dec 2025
Coda unveils unified leadership team after Recharge deal
Move at Insight Partners
Tue, 9th Dec 2025
Binance appoints SB Seker as new Head of Asia Pacific region
Move at Monetary Authority of Singapore
Mon, 1st Sep 2025
David Taylor joins ASI Alliance as Chief Marketing Officer
Move at Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) Alliance
Fri, 18th Jul 2025
Top players
Binance Ripple Google Kaspersky Check Point Software
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