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Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets:Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas.Hashed says the crypto market is finally shifting from storytelling to structure and that 2026 will be the year digital assets start behaving like an economy rather than a speculative category as stablecoins become global settlement rails and AI agents emerge as autonomous economic participants, reshaping where real investable value lies.In its Protocol Economy 2026 report, which acts as…

Hua Xia Bank, a publicly traded financial institution linked to China’s government, issued 4.5 billion yuan ($600 million) in tokenized bonds on Wednesday, aiming to reduce clearing friction by removing intermediaries from the auction process.According to Sina, the onchain government bonds were issued by Hua Xia Financial Leasing, a subsidiary of Hua Xia Bank, a state-controlled commercial bank in China. The bonds offered a three-year fixed yield of 1.84% to holders.The $600 million bond tranche was auctioned off exclusively to holders of China’s digital renminbi, also known as the digital yuan. Overview of tokenized government securities market, excluding US government…

Aave (AAVE) has demonstrated significant strength today with a 13.21% surge, bringing the current price to $192.51. This AAVE price prediction analysis examines the technical indicators and analyst forecasts to determine whether this momentum can sustain and drive prices higher in the coming weeks. AAVE Price Prediction Summary • AAVE short-term target (1 week): $224 (+16.4% from current levels) • Aave medium-term forecast (1 month): $240-$280 range • Key level to break for bullish continuation: $199.90 immediate resistance • Critical support if bearish: $147.13 major support zone Recent Aave Price Predictions from Analysts The latest Aave forecast from multiple sources…

The state of Connecticut fired a legal volley against sports events contracts with a trio of cease-and-desist orders sent on Wednesday to major prediction-market operations — Robinhood, Kalshi and Crypto.com.The state’s Department of Consumer Protection accused the companies of “conducting unlicensed online gambling, more specifically sports wagering.”Each of the companies are “hereby ordered to immediately cease and desist advertising, offering, promoting, or otherwise making available Contracts or any other form of unlicensed online gambling to Connecticut residents,” according to the state notices.Robinhood argued on Wednesday that it’s regulated by the federal government.”As we’ve previously shared, Robinhood’s event contracts are federally…

Taiwan could see its first stablecoin launched as early as the second half of 2026 as lawmakers advance new rules for digital assets, according to one of the country’s financial regulators.According to a Focus Taiwan report on Wednesday, Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Chair Peng Jin-lon said that, based on the timeline for passing related legislation, a Taiwan-issued stablecoin could enter the market in the second half of 2026. Should the Virtual Assets Service Act pass in the country’s next legislative session, and accounting for a six-month buffer period for the law to take effect, it would lay the groundwork for…

OpenAI has announced a strategic partnership with Foxconn to advance the design and manufacturing of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure hardware in the United States. The collaboration aims to bolster the U.S. supply chain and expedite the deployment of advanced AI systems, according to OpenAI. Focus on AI Infrastructure This collaboration will target three primary areas: the design of multi-generational data center hardware, the enhancement and simplification of the U.S. AI supply chain, and the local manufacturing of critical AI data center components. OpenAI will share insights into emerging hardware needs in the AI industry, which Foxconn will utilize to…

Bitcoin BTC$91,504.50 briefly slipped below its network value based on Metcalfe value modeling for the first time in nearly two years, according to network economist Timothy Peterson. This is typically a signal that often marks the late stages of market resets, he said.”While this does not necessarily signal a bottom, it does indicate that most leverage has been removed and the ‘bubble’ has deflated,” Peterson said. Metcalfe value estimates the fundamental worth of a network using activity and user-based growth, and has historically offered useful context during major cycle turns.The dip below network value coincided with bitcoin’s steepest pullback of…

Ethereum’s upcoming Fusaka upgrade on Wednesday is being framed as just another scaling step, but it marks a shift in how the network ships change. Instead of massive, multi‑year overhauls, Fusaka is the first proof that Ethereum can deliver focused, high‑impact upgrades in something closer to six months.At the center of Fusaka is Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)‑7594, Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS), the technical headline that changes how Ethereum handles data from rollups without forcing node operators to buy data‑center hardware or compromise on decentralization, in line with the roadmap the Ethereum Foundation laid out for the next 12 months.“Ethereum…

In a move to revolutionize financial decision-making, NVIDIA has unveiled its Quantitative Portfolio Optimization developer example, designed to accelerate portfolio optimization processes using GPU technology. This initiative aims to overcome the longstanding trade-off between computational speed and model complexity in financial portfolio management, as noted by NVIDIA’s Peihan Huo in a recent blog post. Breaking the Speed-Complexity Trade-Off Since the introduction of Markowitz Portfolio Theory 70 years ago, portfolio optimization has been hampered by slow computational processes, particularly in large-scale simulations and complex risk measures. NVIDIA’s solution leverages high-performance hardware and parallel algorithms to transform optimization from a sluggish batch…

Bitnomial, a Chicago-based derivatives exchange, is preparing to roll out the first spot cryptocurrency trading platform overseen by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).The Chicago-based derivatives exchange’s self-certified rules became effective Friday, authorizing it to list both leveraged and non-leveraged spot crypto products. The approval opens the door for customers to buy, sell and finance digital assets directly on a federally regulated commodities exchange — a first in the U.S. market.Caroline Pham, the acting head of the CFTC, said in November that it was in talks with regulated exchanges over the potential launch of spot crypto products.Bitnomial’s approval lands…