Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, has expanded its QR payment capabilities across Asia-Pacific, allowing users to pay from a self-custodial wallet by scanning supported local merchant QR codes across one of the world’s most established QR payment regions. The rollout positions Bitget Wallet as the first self-custodial wallet to offer crypto QR payments at APAC scale, serving both local spending and cross-border travel use cases. The expansion builds on Bitget Wallet’s broader push to...

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced today the launch of Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (NYSE Arca: MSBT), an exchange-traded product (ETP) that seeks to track the performance of bitcoin. MSIM is the first U.S. bank-affiliated asset manager to offer a cryptocurrency ETP, and reflects a continued, firmwide focus by Morgan Stanley to develop digital asset solutions designed to meet evolving client demand. “We are proud to introduce MSBT to the marketplace and believe this new...

As USD stablecoins move beyond the cryptocurrency sector and toward broader financial adoption,EssentaTor Inc. is positioning itself as a key infrastructure provider for traditional banks, card networks, insurers, and fintech firms seeking to compete in the next era of digital finance. The company announced a cross-generational product and solutions framework designed to accelerate the large-scale adoption of USD stablecoins and support the transition from conventional banking models to Web 3.0 finance. Currently, the application scenarios for...

38% of finance professionals who personally hold crypto view it as a growth opportunity with strong upside potential 96% of professional investors are optimistic about crypto’s future as an asset, vs just 39% of beginner investors 25% of finance professionals describe crypto primarily as a high-risk asset — falling to just 1 in 10 among those who personally invest 8% of respondents cite payments utility as a reason to hold crypto, yet wider merchant acceptance and regulatory integration are seen as critical drivers of future adoption 42% of...

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