Southeast

Blockchain investment in Southeast Asia in 2026 has been led by crypto financial services, though funding remains heavily concentrated in Singapore and …

The Japanese financial giant is acquiring a 20% stake in the Indonesian online brokerage to build a cross-border, blockchain-based settlement network. www.coindesk.com

A social fintech platform is testing a licensing shortcut across three of Asia’s most fragmented consumer markets. Rather than building regulated operations …

In short The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says Southeast Asia’s once fragmented crime syndicates have merged into a single, technology-driven …

The latest edition of the Fortune Southeast Asia 500 ranking landed this week, and for the third year running, it does more …

Jia, a financial platform targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast Asia, has secured $3 million in a seed funding round …

StraitsX, a Singapore-based company, has seen rapid growth in its stablecoin card program, with a 40x surge in transaction volume and an …

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis puts the number at close to $20 billion — the estimated volume of dirty money that flowed through …

In brief The UK has sanctioned cryptocurrency marketplace Xinbi, which provides services to scam centers including selling stolen personal data and satellite …