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South Korea's central bank is pressing for commercial banks to control won stablecoin issuance while piloting deposit tokens, as a key legislative battle over issuer eligibility intensifies.…
Operation First Light swept 97 countries, netting 5,811 arrests and $293M — including a Thai case where a 20-year-old's wallet routed $123M in romance-scam funds.…
Brussels is preparing to expand its crypto law to non-EU stablecoin issuers and tokenized payments by 2027, driven by Washington's pro-stablecoin pivot.…
Hong Kong's financial regulator has mandated phishing-resistant login standards for crypto platforms and online brokers, setting a 12-month compliance deadline.…
SWIFT's blockchain ledger launches with 17 banks on board, but final settlement remains anchored to legacy infrastructure — raising hard questions about how transformative the upgrade truly is.…
MoonPay launches MoonAgents, embedding AI-driven market analysis and transaction preparation inside Telegram while preserving user key ownership.…
Paradigm closes a $1.2B fund as crypto's leading venture firm pivots toward AI, while BTC ETF flows turn negative and BNB Chain rearchitects for AI agents.…
A single crypto wallet processed $122.5M in 10 months as Interpol's global anti-fraud operation netted 5,811 arrests tied to romance scam laundering.…
Sony Bank has secured preliminary approval from the OCC to establish a US stablecoin issuance operation, backed by $40 million in starting capital.…
Sony Bank's US subsidiary Connectia Trust has cleared a key OCC regulatory hurdle toward issuing a dollar-pegged stablecoin, pending final conditions.…
Revolut clarifies its USDT wind-down is confined to the EEA and Switzerland, leaving the stablecoin fully accessible to its global user base.…
Bitcoin spot ETFs closed out a $2.7B outflow streak but posted a fresh $85M net outflow Wednesday, signaling no clear demand recovery in sight.…