Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has officially opened its TradFi trading suite to all users, following a private beta that drew overwhelming interest and delivered standout trading activity across gold, forex, and global macro assets.

Connecting Excellence Group PLC, the Bitcoin-powered international executive recruitment group, today announces the launch of its 2026 Bitcoin-denominated convertible bond programme ("XCE BTC Bond") as a key post-IPO capital-raising tool. This innovative structure, which is the first of its kind to incorporate a BTC price differentiator has been designed by the XCE team, including Richard Byworth and Vijay Selvam. The programme supports the Company's mission to connect human capital to digital capital, driving operational growth in recruitment while compounding Bitcoin ("BTC") per share for long-term shareholder value.

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has released new insights highlighting how tokenized real-world assets are moving from niche experimentation into a scalable trading category, with centralized exchanges increasingly acting as the access layer between crypto markets and traditional finance.

Bitcoin’s journey through 2025 proved to be a period of heightened volatility, ultimately ending the year broadly where it began. The cryptocurrency reached a new all-time high of approximately USD 126,000 in early October, supported by growing optimism around regulation and strong inflows into newly launched spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). However, these gains were reversed in the fourth quarter as over-leveraged positions were unwound and risk-off sentiment took hold, pushing Bitcoin down from its October peak to lows below USD 86,000 by late November.

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Bitget and UNICEF have joined forces to empower young girls in Cambodia prepare to thrive in a digital economy through an unexpected entry point: video game development. Developed by the UNICEF Office of Innovation, the Game Changers Coalition, an initiative designed with and for girls, youth across the country are gaining hands-on experience in coding, storytelling, design and financial literacy concepts, skills critical for success in Southeast Asia’s rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, has introduced a zero-fee USDC on-ramp with Alchemy Pay, broadening access to digital dollars across emerging markets. The program allows users to purchase USDC with 0% transaction fees, no network fees, competitive market-referenced FX rates, and one-click checkout through Apple Pay and Google Pay, offering a familiar experience for everyday users. The zero-fee structure is supported through Alchemy Pay’s stablecoin subsidy program, which is funded in collaboration with Coinbase to expand access to USDC in key growth markets. The feature is available directly through Bitget Wallet’s Buy Crypto portal.

TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today announced the integration of TRON with Base, an Ethereum Layer 2 network incubated by Coinbase. Enabled by LayerZero, the integration allows TRX, TRON’s native utility token, to be seamlessly bridged to the Base network. As a result, users can access TRX directly within the Base App via decentralized exchanges on Base, such as Aerodrome.

Uniform Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company founded by Standard Chartered and UniCredit veterans and digital banking executives, today announced that Multiliquid, its institutional liquidity protocol, is now live in production following comprehensive build, audit, and testing phases.

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by users and trading volume, has earned the ISO/IEC 42001 certification, a global standard for responsible artificial intelligence (AI) governance. This certification highlights Binance’s commitment to ethical, transparent, and secure AI deployment across its operations.

Standard Chartered under the Supervisory Incubator for Distributed Ledger Technology and Project Ensemble launched by the HKMA, has successfully tokenised HKD, CNH and USD accounts of Ant International

Zand has achieved ISO certification for Information Security Management Systems and for Privacy Information Management Systems

The Canton Network, the privacy-enabled blockchain purpose-built for regulated financial markets, today announced World Liberty Financial's (“WLFI”) intention to deploy its USD1 stablecoin on Canton. This planned integration represents a significant milestone in WLFI’s strategy to expand USD1’s reach across institutional onchain finance and accelerate adoption among regulated global market participants.

Visa announced the launch of USDC settlement in the United States, marking a major milestone in the company’s stablecoin settlement pilot program

Greater Things Limited today announces the appointment of Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie as Chief Executive Officer. Oliver, who founded and led the growth of UK-headquartered BCB Group, one of the world’s leading regulated payments and banking infrastructure providers for the crypto industry, joins Greater Things with a clear ambition: to harness the power of AI-led mass innovation as a practical engine for UK economic growth.