On December 30, Meta officially completed its acquisition of Butterfly Effect, the developer of the AI application Manus, in a deal worth billions of dollars.
South Korea's Basic Law on Digital Assets is proposed to include no-fault compensation and stablecoin bankruptcy isolation mechanisms; the government's proposal may be postponed until next year.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has confirmed that it will fully implement new bank capital regulations based on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's (BBS) crypto asset regulatory standards in Hong Kong from January 1, 2026.
HashKey, in collaboration with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Digital Finance Lab, released its Top Ten Trends Observations for the Digital Asset Industry in 2026.
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council: Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and deepen and expand the "artificial intelligence+" action.
Shenzhen's 15th Five-Year Plan recommends: promoting the large-scale application of embodied intelligence and accelerating the development of new intelligent terminal clusters.
Lu Lei, Vice Governor of the People's Bank of China: The future digital RMB will be technically supported and fully regulated by the People's Bank of China, and will possess the characteristics of commercial bank liabilities.
David Duong, Head of Investment Research at Coinbase, noted: "Dedicated blockchain networks—including Layer 2, standalone Layer 1, and application-specific chains—are emerging rapidly."