Hyperliquid added to Singapore’s Investor Alert Checklist
The Financial Authority of Singapore (MAS), the city-state’s central financial institution and monetary regulator, has added decentralized perpetuals trade Hyperliquid to its Investor Alert Checklist.
The entry, added on Friday, contains the Hyper Basis web site and the Hyperliquid buying and selling app.
The Investor Alert Checklist is a client safety measure that identifies entities which may be wrongly perceived as licensed or regulated by MAS. Inclusion on the listing doesn’t represent a ban or enforcement motion.
MAS added crypto trade Bybit to the listing on June 17 and KuCoin and Bitget additionally seem.
Hyperliquid stated that it has by no means claimed to be licensed or licensed by MAS and that nothing about its permissionless infrastructure has modified.
Do not take a look at this if you’re in Singapore. (Hyperliquid)
Indonesia units certification guidelines for influencers recommending crypto
Indonesia’s monetary regulator has launched certification necessities for influencers who suggest crypto and different digital monetary property, because the nation expands oversight of monetary promotions on social media.
Beneath Monetary Providers Authority Regulation No. 6 of 2026, introduced Wednesday, people recommending digital property should acquire competency certifications until they’re already topic to a separate licensing requirement.
Influencers could suggest solely digital property listed on licensed exchanges, whereas any service supplier they suggest should even be licensed. Advertising and marketing campaigns should be carried out by regulated monetary providers companies, that are chargeable for the promotional content material, and distributed by their official communication channels.
Indonesia joins a rising variety of jurisdictions tightening oversight of monetary influencers, additionally referred to as finfluencers, with Australia and the UK introducing broader guidelines for funding promotions and the Philippines adopting crypto-specific advertising restrictions.
South Korean authorities advantageous Bithumb $136K over sharing consumer info abroad
South Korean cryptocurrency trade Bithumb was order to pay a $136,000 advantageous after it was discovered to have breached private info protections guidelines when it despatched consumer information abroad.
In a Thursday discover, the nation’s Private Data Safety Fee (PIPC) stated that its investigation into Bithumb discovered that the trade had “transferred private info abroad with out the separate consent of the info topics in the course of the technique of order ebook sharing and digital asset switch with abroad digital asset exchanges.”
The incident was related to Bithumb sharing its Tether (USDT) order books between September and November 2025 with BingX, regardless of acquiring consent to share the info with Stellar, in addition to sharing consumer info with 13 abroad exchanges.
Supply: PIPC
SBI to accumulate Bitbank in $289M deal creating Japan’s greatest crypto trade
Japan’s SBI Holdings has signed agreements to accumulate full management of crypto trade Bitbank by a 46.7 billion Japanese yen ($289 million) transaction, advancing a deal first disclosed in Might that will create the nation’s greatest crypto trade.
SBI expects the transaction to shut round October, topic to regulatory clearance.
The acquisition would develop SBI’s regulated crypto trade footprint and buyer base, giving it one other potential distribution channel for the stablecoins, tokenized property and onchain monetary merchandise.
Bitbank’s day by day buying and selling quantity has hovered beneath $50 million for a lot of the final 4 months, CoinGecko information confirmed. Quantity is dominated by the BTC/JPY pair (39.5%), adopted by XRP/JPY and ETH/JPY (each at 19.7%).
SBI stated combining Bitbank with SBI VC Commerce would give the group about 1.1 trillion yen in property below custody and roughly 2.92 million crypto accounts, that means the mixed enterprise would rank first amongst Japanese crypto exchanges.
Chainlink joins European and Korean financial institution consortia to develop FX settlement community
Chainlink has joined a working group with European and South Korean banking organizations to discover the usage of stablecoins for overseas trade (FX) settlement.
The protocol has introduced Challenge Pangea alongside South Korean digital asset infrastructure firm FairSquareLab, the Unified Korea Alliance (UniKA) — a consortium that features greater than a dozen Korean industrial banks — and Qivalis, a euro stablecoin consortium backed by 37 European banks.
Challenge Pangea goals to carry collectively monetary establishments throughout Europe and South Korea to judge direct, atomic swaps of euro- and South Korean won-denominated stablecoins utilizing Chainlink’s information infrastructure alongside FairSquareLab’s onchain overseas trade settlement expertise.
The initiative is one other instance of monetary establishments evaluating stablecoins for wholesale monetary infrastructure relatively than client funds. Based on the Financial institution for Worldwide Settlements, the worldwide overseas trade market processes roughly $9.6 trillion in day by day buying and selling quantity.
South Korea provides token securities to capital market overhaul
South Korea’s monetary regulator folded token securities infrastructure right into a broader overhaul of the nation’s capital markets, alongside plans for quicker settlement, longer buying and selling hours and higher use of synthetic intelligence.
On Tuesday, the Monetary Providers Fee (FSC) stated it had launched a capital market infrastructure evaluate assembly to coordinate reforms throughout authorities companies and market operators. Based on the FSC, plans for token securities shall be additional mentioned individually by a public-private council earlier than being linked to the broader initiative.
The initiative features a roadmap for shortening the securities settlement cycle, anticipated by October, and a Korea Securities Depository (KSD) system for settling over-the-counter trades in unlisted shares and fractional funding merchandise by the tip of 2026.
Circle, Nomura eye Japan company FX with stablecoin settlement: Report
Stablecoin issuer Circle and Japan’s largest funding financial institution Nomura have reportedly partnered to allow on the spot overseas trade settlement for Japanese firms as early as 2027.
The service would allow firms to transform yen into dollar-denominated stablecoins for cross-border transactions and on the spot settlement, lowering delays brought on by banking hours and time zone variations, Nikkei reported on Thursday.
The partnership would carry one of many world’s largest greenback stablecoins into Japan’s company overseas trade market, increasing the usage of stablecoins for business-to-business cross-border settlement.
Australian regulator extends no-action interval for crypto licensing
The Australian Securities and Investments Fee (ASIC) has given digital asset companies one other three months (to September 30) apply for licenses required below its up to date regulatory steerage.
The extension applies to companies looking for an Australian Monetary Providers (AFS) license, in addition to firms that will require market or clearing and settlement authorizations.
The regulator stated it has obtained about 30 license functions since updating its digital asset steerage in October 2025 to make clear that many crypto merchandise are monetary merchandise below the regulation and require an AFSL.
It famous its latest court docket victory in opposition to BlockEarner emphasised that time.