最新报道：Welcome to the Asia-Pacific Morning Brief—your indispensable summary of overnight cryptocurrency developments that will impact regional markets and global sentiment. Grab a cup of green tea and stay tuned. Vietnam will launch an international financial center and conduct a pilot cryptocurrency exchange program by the end of the year. Bakkt enters the Japanese market through the rebranding of bitcoin.jp. Chainlink launches US stock data. Nomura Securities obtains a derivatives brand license in Dubai. Vietnam will pilot a crypto asset exchange in its international financial center. Vietnam is advancing cryptocurrency regulation. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced that the international financial center will be operational by the end of 2025, including a digital asset trading platform. State Bank of Vietnam Deputy Governor Pham Tien Dung revealed during the 2025 GM Vietnam conference that Vietnam has established a comprehensive legal framework for digital assets. The Digital Technology Industry Law, passed in June 2025, officially recognizes crypto assets as distinct from virtual assets and will take effect in January 2026. The Ministry of Finance has submitted a resolution on piloting a crypto asset trading platform using blockchain technology as core infrastructure. Vietnam accounts for 21.2% of global cryptocurrency ownership, with over 21 million citizens holding over $100 billion worth of digital assets. A regulatory sandbox will operate in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, potentially attracting major exchanges. South Korea's Upbit is already exploring entry into the Vietnamese market, demonstrating international confidence in the emerging regulatory framework. Bakkt is launching its Bitcoin treasury strategy in Japan through a rebranding effort under the name "bitcoin.jp." Bakkt Holdings has acquired a 30% stake in Tokyo-listed Marusho Hotta, becoming its largest shareholder in a $235 million transaction. The Japanese company will rebrand to "bitcoin.jp" upon shareholder approval, with Bakkt acquiring the matching website domain. Bakkt International President Phillip Lord will assume the CEO role and integrate Bitcoin into the company's treasury strategy. Bakkt Co-CEO Akshay Naheta believes Japan's regulatory environment creates an "ideal platform" for building a growing Bitcoin-centric business. Bakkt previously raised $75 million in equity funding and a $1 billion shelf offering to fund Bitcoin purchases, marking the company's shift from cryptocurrency infrastructure to direct Bitcoin treasury operations. Chainlink has launched a real-time US stock data feed for DeFi. Chainlink has launched a data feed for US stocks and ETFs, bringing institutional-grade pricing to blockchain networks. The service provides real-time data for assets such as SPY, NVIDIA, Apple, and Microsoft across 37 blockchains. DeFi protocols such as GMX and Kamino have already integrated these data feeds. The infrastructure includes market-time execution, staleness detection, and circuit breaker logic with sub-second latency. This addresses a critical gap in tokenized equity infrastructure, which has lagged despite the $275 billion RWA tokenization market. Use cases include perpetual futures, on-chain lending using stock collateral, and synthetic ETFs. Chief Business Officer Johann Eid noted that the launch enables "production-ready tokenized financial products tied to US equities" directly on-chain. The move aligns with growing regulatory acceptance, including the recently passed GENIUS Act supporting tokenized financial instruments. Nomura's Laser Digital wins Dubai's cryptocurrency OTC derivatives license. Nomura's cryptocurrency subsidiary, Laser Digital, has secured the first regulated over-the-counter cryptocurrency options license under the Dubai Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority's pilot framework. The company becomes the first VARA-regulated entity to offer direct-to-client cryptocurrency OTC options services in the UAE. Dubai's crypto-friendly regulatory environment continues to attract major players, including Coinbase's Deribit, which plans to establish operations there. Chief Product Officer Johannes Woolard praised VARA's detailed justification process, but also its flexible execution approach. Laser Digital will initially focus on medium-dated options on major cryptocurrency tokens through ISDA protocols, keeping its structure simple before expanding into yield enhancement and lending services. Shigeki Mori and Shota Oba also contributed.