BitMart withdrew its application for a virtual asset service provider license in Hong Kong, joining several other major exchanges. Crypto exchange BitMart withdrew its application for a virtual asset service provider license in Hong Kong. According to the list of virtual asset trading platforms maintained by the Hong Kong regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), BitMart withdrew its application on Thursday. This followed similar decisions by other crypto trading platforms. Major crypto exchange Bybit applied last year but withdrew its application at the end of May 2024. Similarly, OKX withdrew its application at the end of May, as did Gate. Read more
Local producers Poultry Investment, held by investors from Romania and Hungary, and Authentic Meat, held by Alin Zamfira, both major actors in Romania’s meat industry, with more than 1,200 employees and over EUR100 million revenue together in 2024, have teamed up and set up a joint venture – Meat Partners, to develop the ready to cook product segment.