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DDC Enterprise Limited (DDC) announced Thursday that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Animoca Brands to develop and implement strategies that maximize yield for the Web3 firm’s Bitcoin assets while managing associated risks.

Pencil Finance, the student loan real-world-asset (RWA) protocol on EDU Chain that is co-incubated by Animoca Brands and HackQuest, announced Thursday the successful issuance of student loan capital raised entirely on-chain via the Pencil Finance platform.

Japanese multinational financial services group Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMBC Group) announced Tuesday it will appoint Ahmed Jamil Mazhari to lead transformation initiatives aimed at accelerating group-wide artificial intelligence (AI) strategy and integration.

BDx Data Centers (BDx), a carrier-neutral data center platform based in China, has launched Southeast Asia’s first hybrid quantum artificial intelligence (AI) testbed in collaboration with Anyon Technologies, a Singapore-based large-scale quantum computing systems firm.

Bunjang, a South Korea's customer-to-customer (C2C) secondhand marketplace platform, has reaffirmed its commitment to Singapore as a strategic growth engine in its broader Asia strategy.

TNGlobal recently talked to Milan Dhingra, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Teleport, to know more about how Teleport is leveraging an unconventional asset-light model, the company's technological backbone and its unique competitive advantages.

Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong digital property rights company, announced Tuesday that it has participated in Australian digital investment manager and ASX-listed crypto fund manager DigitalX’s recent AUD 20.7 million ($13.55 million) raise via a strategic placement in which Animoca Brands was the sole advisor.

Real-time location sharing app iSharing said Tuesday that it has secured 40,000 daily users in Malaysia amid growing child and elderly safety awareness.

J&T Global Express Limited (J&T Express), a global logistics service provider, said Tuesday that its Southeast Asia market achieved record quarterly growth of 65.9 percent in the first half ended June 30, 2025.

Hong Kong's insurer FWD Group Holdings Limited has on Monday commenced its first day of trading on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) under the stock code 1828.