The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has strengthened regulation of cryptocurrencies, requiring the blocking of social media accounts of the exchange HTX that promote illegal crypto asset services, and removing its application from app stores to prevent consumers from accessing illegal financial products. The FCA stated that HTX has an opaque structure and has failed to fully comply with regulatory requirements. This move aims to protect investors.

HTX address transferred $400 million USDT to Aave, Sun Yuchen used $33 million to purchase LIT. In December last year, a hacker attack resulted in a loss of $76 million, a 60% decrease. Novus CEO stated that cryptocurrencies will accelerate integration into mainstream finance. MicroStrategy's stock price has declined for six consecutive months, and analysts say DOGE could drop another 30%. Binance Alpha added AIAV.

Kaspa (KAS) is starting January 2026 in a quiet but important spot. The network closed December with a solid set of updates, including a new HTX listing and fresh on-chain activity, yet the price has not reacted in a big way. The KAS price now trades around $0.04265, stuck in a tight range after a

Author: Hu Tao, ChianCatcher As the cryptocurrency industry becomes increasingly mainstream, Chinese entrepreneurs seem to be drifting further away from the center stage. Once upon a time, projects founded by Chinese entrepreneurs already occupied half of the industry, including well-known cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance, OKX, Bybit, Bitget, Gate, HTX, Bitmart, and others. The same is true in mining, with projects like Bitmain, Canaan Creative, and SparkPool holding important positions in the industry. Their commonality is that most were founded around 2017-2018 or even earlier. Although Zhao Changpeng, Xu Mingxing, Wu Jihan, and Sun Yuchen are still actively engaged at the forefront of the industry, since the DeFi Summer craze in 2020, a general consensus has gradually formed: the visibility and influence of the new generation of Chinese entrepreneurs in the global crypto industry are diminishing.

Pakistan has signed a non-binding MoU with Binance to explore tokenizing $2 billion in state assets and advance a national stablecoin. Initial clearances for Binance and HTX align with the country's broader digital asset agenda.

Pakistan and Binance will explore tokenizing bonds, T-bills and commodity reserves, with plans subject to contracts and approvals. Binance and HTX received preliminary clearances, enabling AML setup and licensing prep but not yet permission to operate. Pakistan is advancing a stablecoin, CBDC

Pakistan approves Binance and HTX to register local subsidiaries under new crypto regulations. The NOCs allow exchanges to start licensing and follow AML and CFT compliance rules. Pakistan views digital assets as financial infrastructure and plans a central bank digital currency. Pakistan has

According to Mars Finance, on December 2nd, TRON founder Justin Sun announced on the X platform that TRON has completed a donation of 10 million HKD to the Tai Po Hung Fuk Court relief fund supported by the Hong Kong SAR government to assist in the rescue efforts related to the Tai Po fire.

Kyrrex, operating under the guise of HTX, is accused of processing $10 billion in illicit transactions since 2022, leading to investor lawsuits totaling $11 million. Despite claims of regulatory compliance, investigations reveal serious operational red flags.