Singapore

B2C2 has appointed Jason Lai, former chairman of Schroders Wealth Management Asia, as a senior adviser in Singapore. The move underscores the institutional crypto liquidity provider’s push to serve family offices, funds and asset managers across Asia-Pacific.

Binance has sued Hong Kong-based RedotPay and its founders, alleging the stablecoin payments company diverted about 470,000 users and caused nearly $473 million in losses. RedotPay has rejected the claims as unfounded and says it will defend itself vigorously.

Japan’s SBI Group has acquired a majority stake in Singapore based crypto platform Coinhako, advancing a broader plan to link digital asset markets across Asia. The move sits alongside partnerships with Ondo Finance and the Solana Foundation as SBI expands into tokenization, stablecoins and blockchain settlement infrastructure.