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Digital yuan hongbao now comes with interest China’s banks are rolling out digital yuan red envelopes (hongbao) and payment discounts ahead of Lunar New Year to boost consumption. Red envelopes are a Lunar New Year tradition in China and parts of Asia, in which money is given to loved ones as a symbol of good […]

Seven years. That’s how long Bitcoin researcher and BIP-360 co-author Ethan Heilman estimates it would take for the blockchain to migrate to full quantum resilience if it started tomorrow.  And he says that’s an optimistic forecast, based on everyone agreeing on the roadmap. “Three years until it activates. This assumes two and a half years […]

Everything that happened in crypto news in Asia over the past seven days: Asia Express. Bitdeer liquidates entire Bitcoin treasury, holdings fall to zero Bitdeer has sold all of its corporate Bitcoin holdings. The Singapore-headquartered Bitcoin miner said in its weekly report that its “pure holdings,” which excludes customer deposits, has now dropped to zero. […]

Bitcoin’s biggest challenge may lie in making the blockchain post-quantum. Experts in the field believe a quantum computer could emerge in the next decade. With BIP-360 co-author Ethan Heilman estimating the rollout of post-quantum could take seven years, time is running out to reach a consensus on the way ahead Here are the biggest issues […]

Payment processing firm Stripe is reportedly considering an acquisition of all or parts of its rival PayPal Holdings. Stripe is in early talks and has expressed preliminary interest in PayPal or parts of its business, though no deal is guaranteed, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Stripe, which enables enterprises to […]

The biggest Bitcoin ATM operator in the US has begun phasing in a new requirement for users to provide identification for every transaction at its crypto ATMs amid increasing pressure from regulators and lawmakers for operators to curb illicit activity. Bitcoin Depot said on Tuesday that it began the rollout earlier in February across the […]

Global financial services firm Payoneer is the latest in a growing number of companies to file for a national trust bank charter in the US, which could enable it to issue a stablecoin and provide various crypto services. Payoneer said on Tuesday it filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to form […]

Bitcoin’s (BTC) bleed slowed on Tuesday as US markets recovered from Monday’s AI and software-stocks-driven selloff. At the US market closing bell, the Dow locked in a 370-point gain, while the S&P 500 held on to a 0.77% rally. The swift recovery of US equity markets appears to have played a role in easing negative […]

A South Korean man has been indicted on attempted murder charges after allegedly poisoning his business partner with pesticide-laced coffee amid a dispute over more than $816,000 in crypto losses, according to local reports. The Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office has accused a man in his 30s of adding the pesticide methomyl to his business […]

Bitcoin’s adoption by institutions, banks, merchants, public companies, and nation-states has boomed in 2025, despite the recent price drawdown, says the financial services company River. “There is no bear market in Bitcoin adoption,” River said in a report published on Tuesday, which noted that while Bitcoin (BTC) is down 50% from its all-time high, “adoption […]