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Digital Rupiah Inches Closer with Successful Completion of PoC

Fintech News

Marking a pivotal point, Indonesias efforts underscore its drive to harness digital technologies for modernising payment systems while safeguarding financial stability and promoting inclusivity. The Digital Rupiah also holds promise for enhancing Indonesias economic sovereignty.

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Iota releases Shari’a-compliant token

Finextra

IOTA, an open-source distributed ledger technology (DLT) for Web3 applications and digital economies, today announces that the IOTA token is Shari’a-compliant.

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Bharat Web3 Association Backs Blockchain Potential in Australia and India With New Partnerships

The Fintech Times

“India is the third largest digitalised economy in the world, which offers fertile ground for Web3 innovation and also enables India to become a global delivery centre for Web3 first products and services.”

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13 APAC-Born Companies Recognized Among Top Global Cross-Border Payment Leaders of 2025

Fintech News

The company was an early adopter of distributed ledger technology (DLT), teaming up in 2017 with Ripple Labs and pioneering blockchain-based remittances from Japan to Thailand and Vietnam. Thunes has been featured in the FXC Intelligence Cross-Border Payments 100 list for all seven years.

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Examining Thailand’s Fintech Landscape

The Fintech Times

The second-largest economy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region after Indonesia, has a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of just shy of $7,000 per person, making Thailand a high-middle-income economy. Supporting startups Thailand is also investing significant resources into its wider startup ecosystem.

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CBDCs in practice: What we’ve learned from the early movers

The Payments Association

These projects leveraged distributed ledger technology (DLT) to settle trades more quickly and securely, using delivery-versus-payment (DvP) mechanisms that reduce counterparty risk. This distinction is critical in cash-reliant economies across the Caribbean and parts of Asia.

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SWIFT, Ripple Support EU Blockchain Group Launch

PYMNTS

In addition, it will create guidelines and specifications for blockchain and distributed ledger-based applications. Several European Commission officials spoke at the launch, including Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel, who gave the keynote address.