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🔥 LATEST: China's P2P stablecoin wallets have grown 43x since early 2024 despite restrictions, while South Korea's $449.1B crypto economy is the largest in East Asia, according to Chainalysis. Standard Chartered plans institutional crypto custody in Singapore, Hong Kong has reaffirmed its end-2026 deadline for a crypto licensing bill, and Japan has added Garantex to its Russia sanctions list. It's all in Asia Express, our roundup of everything that happened in crypto in Asia this week.

🔥 @Gate Ecosystem Update: metals correction, cross-broker stock transfers and World Cup knockout volume ▫️ Gold and silver extend a deep correction - Gate XAU and XAG futures OI stay top 2 in the industry ▫️ Gate DEX BountyDrop launches AureoTrack and Mintbrush airdrops - 3,000 winners each share $15,000 ART and 200,000 BRUSH ▫️ Natural gas rises over 2% to $3.240 - Gate NG futures OI ranks first globally ▫️ Gate opens VIP Exclusive Airdrop Carnival Phase 16 - SK Hynix stock airdrops worth up to 1,000 USDT for VIP6+ ▫️ France beats Sweden 3-0 to advance as Norway and Mexico win - Gate Polymarket knockout trading surges ▫️ Gate Europe completes MiCA readiness at the EU transition deadline - MiCA and PI authorisations in place for compliant EU service ▫️ Gate launches cross-broker stock transfers for US and HK stocks - fee-free with up to 15,000 USDT transfer-in rewards ▫️ DIDA CHUXING surges over 88% leading Hong Kong gainers as risk appetite improves ▫️ US tech stays bid as SanDisk gains 6.55% and SpaceX 4.74% - Gate SNDK and SPCX futures lead in OI and volume ▫️ Gate's June airdrop data: CandyDrop, Launchpool and HODLer stay active - SPCXON Launchpool hits a record 191.74% APR ▫️ Gate to launch NESA (NES) spot and Convert trading with a $160,000 NES CandyDrop ▫️ Gate Options accelerates as Simple Options lowers the barrier - June new users up 34.7% and average positions up 95.1% ▫️ Gate Futures Stock Section debuts 9 new perpetuals including PDD, TSEM and ASX with up to 20x leverage All details:

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