During 2023, Sweden's crypto enthusiasts have faced escalating violence and fraud, with high-profile armed attacks and elaborate scams targeting owners of digital assets.

Hong Kong officials have announced imminent plans for new regulation on tokenized real-world assets, just as HSBC and Ant Group start testing tokenized deposits in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority sandbox.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s real-world asset tokenization and DeFi initiative now counts the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Services Agency of Japan, and Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority as partners.

In Coinbase’s ‘America Loves Crypto’ marketing campaign, the exchange claims that 52 million Americans, or 20 percent of the country’s population, own crypto. However, the Federal Reserve puts the figure at around 10%. So which (if any) is true?

One region, 33 crypto cultures. In Latin America, each country has their own stance towards cryptocurrency, creating a patchwork of adoption levels, regulations, types of assets held and exchanges used.

The Italian supercar builder has started accepting cryptocurrency payments at dealerships in the U.S. with plans to extend the scheme to Europe following requests from customers. But what else can you buy using bitcoin?

The financial giant has announced that its Tokenized Collateral Network is now live, with the first transaction taking place between BlackRock and Barclays.

So much for Bitcoin being the currency of the internet. A recent report suggested that cash is accepted at more than twice as many online retailers as crypto, and the number is still growing.