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Australia is stepping up its digital currency efforts with the next phase of Project Acacia, a pilot focused on testing central bank digital currency (CBDC) and tokenized finance in real-world applications.

In a move to strengthen its position in the regional fintech race, Malaysia has unveiled a new digital sandbox aimed at nurturing innovation in blockchain and digital finance.

While public attention drifts from NFTs, the technology is quietly entering a more meaningful phase. No longer driven by speculation, NFTs are increasingly embedded in the infrastructure behind gaming, AI, and the decentralized web.

The UK’s financial regulators are shaking up capital markets, introducing a new private trading platform called PISCES and proposing to cut burdensome reporting requirements for fund managers.