Crypto Frontier

South Korea's largest crypto exchange Upbit has partnered with Optimism to build GIWA Chain, a new Ethereum Layer 2 using the OP tech stack, according to an announcement on Monday. GIWA Chain is the first chain to launch on the Self-Managed tier of OP Enterprise, meaning Upbit will run the chain

Turkey's central bank maintained its tight monetary policy in April 2026 despite persistent inflation and slowing economic activity, keeping its main interest rate at 37 percent to defend the lira and restrict credit, according to the bank's latest policy decision. The central bank has limited lira

Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital has expanded its child protection rule for electronic systems, PP Tunas, to cover ecommerce, fintech, banks, search engines, and other digital services likely to be used by children, according to ministry official Mediodecci Lustarini. The rule

Tetra Trust has launched CADD, a new stablecoin backed by Shopify and National Bank of Canada among other supporters, designed to enable 24/7 cross-border settlement and real-time institutional transactions. The digital currency targets institutional users seeking to replace legacy batch settlement

Brazil's National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) announced on April 4 that the country's combined oil and gas production in March reached 5.531 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, marking a historical record. The production surge reflects both operational expansion and

HSBC Holdings disclosed on May 5 that it intends to maintain its common equity tier one (CET1) ratio mid-term target range at 14% to 14.5%, according to the bank's first quarter 2026 earnings report. The group stated it is adequately prepared to address changes and uncertainties in the global

The UAE banking system faces mounting pressure as the monetary base (M0) declined by AED74.6 billion ($20.3 billion), or 8.2 percent, by March 30, 2026, following the US-Israeli war on Iran that began on February 28, according to an Oxford Economics report. Rising interbank lending rates and large-s

Grab announced it will adjust its Indonesia business following President Prabowo Subianto's government decision to cap ride-hailing commissions at 8%, down from approximately 20%, according to Bloomberg. The change is expected to primarily affect the company's two-wheel motorbike services in its

Aave LLC filed an emergency motion in federal court on May 1 seeking to lift a court-ordered freeze of approximately $73 million in ether recovered from the Kelp DAO exploit, according to the filing. The order restricts Arbitrum DAO from moving the recovered funds while plaintiffs from years-old ter