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Japan's financial watchdog on Friday issued a warning to crypto derivatives exchange Bybit for operating without registration, a first such from the regulator warning in over three years.

Bank Indonesia, the central bank of the country, plans to issue a digital currency to speed up payments.

CMB International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank, and China-based Nervos Foundation have jointly launched a $50 million blockchain fund.

Three Chinese self-regulatory organizations have published a statement to reiterate the country's stance on crypto businesses.

Crypto exchange Huobi has merged its investment arms into Huobi Ventures with $100 million as starting capital.

Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest economy, plans to tax profits on cryptocurrency trades.

Babel Finance, the Asia-based, crypto-focused financial services firm, announced Monday that it raised $40 million in Series A funding.

Huobi Asset Management, a subsidiary of publicly traded Huobi Technology, has launched passive bitcoin and ether funds for institutional investors.

The same Chinese police division that busted the PlusToken Ponzi scheme have arrested 15 people behind an EOS gambling dApp

After returning earlier this month, the kimchi premium has slipped following news of renewed enforcement in South Korea.

Local broadcaster TVB said the 300 GPUs were just launched last month, which could be the Crypto Mining Processor rolled by NVIDIA. 

The Bank of Japan announced Monday that it has begun Phase 1 of central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiments. 

imToken said the round was by Qiming Venture Partners, which invested in notable Chinese tech firm like Xiaomi, Meitu and Megvii.

Indian companies have been mandated to disclose their crypto holdings in financial statements, according to new rules that are coming into force on April 1.

Crypto exchange OKEx Korea is shutting down on April 7.