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Hong Kong is exploring whether to have the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) involved in regulating over-the-counter (OTC) virtual asset trading services, along with the Customs and Excise Department (C&ED), as the city struggles to regulate the industry. The SFC has sought opinions from industry players about potentially putting in place a new licensing regime for cryptocurrency OTC services, which will see the securities regulator work with the C&ED to oversee these companies, according

One of Kazakhstan's biggest privately owned conglomerates is looking to Hong Kong's capital market to finance a multimillion dollar infrastructure project by its telecoms unit, underscoring the city's growing status as a fundraising hub for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Freedom Holdings, the top Kazakh retail brokerage and investment bank, has engaged China International Capital Corp. (CICC) to help it sell so-called dim sum bonds, or financial instruments denominated in offshore renminbi,

The floating yields on the bitcoin-linked LBTC token are from pools that went live on Wednesday. There's also a fixed-yield option of an annualized 10%.

The floating yields on the bitcoin-based LBTC token are from pools that went live on Wednesday. There's also a fixed-yield option of an annualized 10%.

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CleanSpark, a leading U.S.-based cryptocurrency miner, has announced the acquisition of seven mining facilities in the Knoxville, Tennessee area.

The Aave community is currently considering supporting Coinbase's upcoming Bitcoin wrapper, cbBTC, in its V3 protocol.