According to the latest statistics provided by the Securities and Futures Bureau of the Financial Supervisory Commission, as of the end of March 2026, a total of 14 securities firms in Taiwan have launched virtual asset ETF cross-border/overseas custody (futures commission) re-delegation business, with cumulative trading exceeding NT$9.9B. Huang Zhonghao, Deputy Director of the Securities and Futures Bureau of Taiwan, stated that the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has required the securities firms’ association to submit an assessment report on the performance of the virtual asset ETF cross-border/overseas custody (futures commission) re-delegation business over the past year, and that the assessment will expand eligibility to retail investors.

EtherFi Foundation submitted a governance proposal on April 24, authorizing the DAO treasury to allocate up to 5,000 ETH to fund the cross-protocol rescue pool for the rsETH vulnerability incident, to fill the shortfall in collateral and prevent Aave and other DeFi lending markets from incurring bad debt. This is part of EtherFi’s “DeFi United” coordinated rescue initiative.

Key Insights Wrapped XRP on Solana surpasses 834,000 tokens, enabling new DeFi access while strengthening cross-chain liquidity and expanding XRP utility beyond its native ledger. Ethereum and Solana dominate DeFi activity, while XRP Ledger trails significantly, driving the need for

Key Insights Wrapped XRP on Solana surpasses 834,000 tokens, enabling new DeFi access while strengthening cross-chain liquidity and expanding XRP utility beyond its native ledger. Ethereum and Solana dominate DeFi activity, while XRP Ledger trails significantly, driving the need for

JPMorgan Chase’s report believes that DeFi continues to face ongoing vulnerabilities, cross-chain bridge and oracle attacks are frequent, causing TVL to stagnate and weakening institutional investors’ willingness to invest, with capital shifting to USDT that is traceable and can be frozen. The KelpDAO and Rhea Finance attacks reveal risk-management risks; centralized stablecoins and custodial solutions are more favored. In the long run, improving this will require going beyond insurance and governance. DeFi will not be able to return to the 2021 era of high TVL, and stablecoins will become even more concentrated.

According to CoinTelegraph’s report on April 23, CertiK senior blockchain investigator Natalie Newson said that real-time deepfakes, phishing attacks, supply-chain vulnerabilities, and cross-chain vulnerabilities are the main sources of some of the largest-scale crypto hacking attacks in 2026. By 2026, the cryptocurrency industry has already lost more than $600 million due to hacking attacks.

Kenya’s Credit Bank has partnered with Anzens to pilot the USDA stablecoin, potentially becoming the first licensed commercial bank in an emerging market to directly mint and distribute a stablecoin. Key Takeaways: Credit Bank PLC and Anzens launched a pilot to slash cross-border payment fees to

Institutional access to digital dollar liquidity is growing as cross-border settlement demand rises and stablecoins gain a larger role in market infrastructure. OSL Group and Circle are expanding USDC use across trading, payments, and settlement in Asia. Key Takeaways: OSL Group expanded USDC acc

Ant upgrades Alipay+ cross-border wallet with end-to-end encryption in processing, expanding privacy tech, research partnerships, and global data-transfer certifications to support AI-enabled services. Ant International announced an upgrade to the Alipay+ cross-border wallet that deploys privacy-enhancing technologies to keep transaction data encrypted during processing. The update covers all core Alipay+ operations used by about 150 million merchants and 1.8 billion consumer accounts and aligns with Singapore’s PDPC guidance, while Ant expands research with NTU Singapore on digital trust. Building on a multi-year privacy program, Ant has open-sourced privacy tools such as SecretFlow and an MPC library and established a privacy computing fund. In IMDA’s Privacy Enhancing Technology Sandbox, Ant tested a model trained on partner data without exposing sensitive information, and the company is pursuing CBPR/PRP certifications to streamline overseas data transfers and bolster its US-market expansion.

Key Insights Wrapped XRP on Solana surpasses 834,000 tokens, enabling new DeFi access while strengthening cross-chain liquidity and expanding XRP utility beyond its native ledger. Ethereum and Solana dominate DeFi activity, while XRP Ledger trails significantly, driving the need for