South Korea fines Bithumb $24.7m, orders partial suspension Tech in Asia By:Grace Priscilla Teo 17 March 2026 at 00:41 The suspension applies only to new user accounts while existing customers may continue trading and moving funds.
Japanβs Metaplanet raises $256.5m in share placement Tech in Asia By:Minh Le 17 March 2026 at 00:37 The company said the combined structure could unlock up to about 85.3 billion yen (US$536.2 million).
MicroStrategy buys $1.6b in bitcoin Tech in Asia By:Naomi Li Gan 17 March 2026 at 00:06 Those 761,068 coins were acquired for about US$57.6 billion at an average cost of US$75,696 per coin.
Bitcoin leads gains with $1.3 billion in March Tech in Asia By:Aiko Gao Ishida 16 March 2026 at 10:41 Net inflows to US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs reached US$1.3 billion in March, led by BlackRockβs IBIT.