Robinhood has selected DIFC as its Middle East headquarters and applied for a DFSA license
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Robinhood has selected DIFC as its regional headquarters for the Middle East and North Africa region and submitted a Category 4 license application to DFSA to conduct trading services in the United Arab Emirates.
OKX has announced the addition of PANWUSD UM (X-Perp) to multiple services, including futures contracts, officially launching on October 22, 2026, at 17:45 (UTC+8).
Notes:
- OKX will officially launch the PANWUSD X-Contract (X-Perp) on October 22, 2026, at 17:45 (UTC+8).
- Trading is supported on the web platform, app, and API.
- Users are advised to fully understand the risks of leveraged trading and manage their positions responsibly.
[Jeremy Allaire: Not Focused on Bitcoin Prices, Focusing on Digital Dollar in the AI Era]
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated that he does not pay much attention to the specific price trends of digital commodities like Bitcoin but is instead focused on creating a non-speculative digital dollar for payments, trading, lending, and investing. He believes that AI agents will drive demand for digital dollars and machine-native blockchains. (Source: CNBC)
[South Korean National Assembly Divided Over Timing and Fairness of Virtual Asset Taxation]
The South Korean National Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee held a comprehensive national audit for 2026, during which the ruling and opposition parties clashed over the issue of virtual asset taxation. Democratic Party lawmaker Yoon Hu-deok stated that delaying or repealing already-passed legislation undermines the foundation of the nation. People Power Party lawmaker Lim Yi-ja pointed out that overseas exchanges are not obligated to submit transaction details to South Korea, which compromises tax fairness, and that operators are not adequately prepared to build the necessary infrastructure. (Source: Yonhap News)
