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Malaysia-based lender CIMB Group Holdings Berhad has announced its commitment to develop tokenized financial services spanning tokenized assets, tokenized settlement and next-generation payment rails, supporting Malaysia’s national agenda to broaden adoption of tokenization across the financial ecosystem.

Kenanga Research has foreseen Malaysia's technology up-cycle to remain intact in the first quarter of next year, supported by a still expanding global semiconductor up-cycle and a resilient front-end capex outlook, which should continue to favor Malaysia’s front-end beneficiaries.

BLIFE Protocol (BLIFE), a decentralized protocol on the Bitcoin blockchain focused on integrating Web3 applications and cultural experiences, announced Monday it has merged with Portal, an interoperability and liquidity infrastructure for Web3 gaming centered on the utility token PORTAL. The combined business will operate under the Portal brand.

FPT, a Vietnam-based technology and information technology (IT) services provider, through its Thailand subsidiary, has signed a strategic memorandum of agreement (MOA) with WSOL Public Company Limited (WSOL) to enhance digital technology capabilities and unlock new technology opportunities across Thailand.

Malaysia-based Catcha Digital Berhad announced Monday that its wholly-owned subsidiary iMedia Asia Sdn Bhd (iMedia) has completed the exercise of a call option to acquire an additional 50 percent equity interest in Headline Media Sdn Bhd.

Vietnam-based technology firm FPT Corporation has officially broken ground on its Artificial Intelligence Research Center in Gia Lai Province, Central Vietnam, marking a key milestone in the corporation’s long-term strategy to strengthen artificial intelligence (AI) research, technology infrastructure, and AI-augmented workforce development.

Samty Holdings, a Japan-based accommodation developer and fund manager, announced Monday the final closing of its new multifamily asset fund totaling approximately $500 million, with $200 million already allocated to a first portfolio of newly built assets located in key residential hubs around Japan.

Yinson Production Ghana, in collaboration with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the Petroleum Commission of Ghana, has commissioned the Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Lab (NCEL), Ghana’s first specialized facility for scientific carbon measurement, emissions modelling, decarbonization research, and industry-focused training.

Teleport, a Malaysia-based integrated eCommerce logistics firm, has been appointed as the Exclusive General Sales Agent (GSA) for China Central Longhao Airlines Co. Ltd (Air Central China).

Following the successful completion of its pilot SGD denominated liquidity transfers for Ant International, Standard Chartered announced that it has introduced a tokenized SGD and USD account balances solution for Ant International on the latter’s blockchain-based real-time global treasury management platform, the Whale platform.