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As 2025 comes to an end, next year looks promising for the crypto industry. The combination of continuing improvements in global regulation, long-term investment visions, and exciting DeFi innovations at the crossroads with TradFi participants all showcase a maturing industry that makes huge leaps in progress every year.

Global financial services firm Robinhood Markets, Inc. has entered into agreements to acquire PT Buana Capital Sekuritas, an Indonesian brokerage, and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto, a licensed Indonesian digital financial asset trader.

DayOne Data Centers, a Singapore-headquartered data center developer and operator, announced that it has secured a mezzanine financing facility of €500 million ($582.62 million), expandable up to €1 billion ($1.17 billion) upon mutual agreement, to accelerate its Finland platform and global expansion.

ChemLex, a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI)-for-science company, has announced the establishment of its global headquarters and self-driving laboratory in Singapore, alongside the close of a $45 million funding round led by Granite Asia.

Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted software development will drive workforce recalibration in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, while markets that encourage responsible AI will drive APJ’s next wave of innovation, said Marcus Low, Vice President and Managing Director, APJ, Sonar.

Vantage Data Centers, a global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, has announced its fourth facility (KUL14) on the company’s first Cyberjaya campus in Malaysia is now operational, completing the development of the KUL1 campus.

Malaysia's Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has launched a new construction personnel registration card to strengthen digitalization.

SC Capital Partners Group (SCCP), a Singapore-based institutional real estate investment management firm, has commenced construction of a new data center in Osaka with 100MW of allocated power.

Embed Financial Group Cayman Holdings (EFGH), a Singapore-headquartered Finternet infrastructure company operating across emerging markets in Africa and Asia, announced Wednesday that it has entered into a definitive business combination agreement (BCA) with WinVest Acquisition Corp. (WinVest), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company.

Circle Asia Technologies, a credit-led neobank based in Singapore, has announced a strategic collaboration with digital payments firm Visa and fintech firm Pismo, to launch Vietnam’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered PayLater card.