Australian authorities have seized $6 million (AU$9 million) value of cryptocurrency after an information scientist from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) uncovered a manipulated recovery phrase that had lengthy hid the digital fortune of an alleged prison. The revelation got here from AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett, who detailed the operation throughout her deal with on…
Malaysian multinational financial institution Maybank and BNP Paribas have teamed up with Singapore primarily based digital market infrastructure agency Marketnode to launch Maybank’s Money Market Fund on-chain, marking a serious transfer towards tokenized funding merchandise. In a an announcement the companies’ stated the collaboration is a step toward mainstream fund tokenization, enhancing the accessibility and…
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is threatening to sue U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren for defamation, escalating a political and authorized conflict sparked by his latest presidential pardon. The transfer comes after the Massachusetts Democrat accused him of cash laundering in a submit on X, a declare his authorized group says is fake and damaging. CZ…
Fight Fight Fight LLC, the corporate behind the Trump-linked memecoin launched earlier than the president’s second inauguration, is in talks to purchase Republic.com’s US operations in a transfer that would combine the controversial token into startup crowdfunding. According to Bloomberg, the acquisition would permit Fight Fight Fight to encourage buyers to transact utilizing the Trump…
Thai authorities arrested Liang Ai-Bing, a Chinese nationwide accused of orchestrating a $31 million crypto Ponzi scheme, at a luxurious Bangkok residence on October 29, 2025. According to a local report, the arrest follows a coordinated intelligence operation between Thai and Chinese legislation enforcement focusing on considered one of Asia’s most infamous digital forex fraud…
The cryptocurrency sector is well-known for being prone to hacks, but the rise of synthetic intelligence (AI) has elevated the potential for fraud and crypto scams. What as soon as had been thought of comparatively unsophisticated crypto scams are actually changing into way more convincing, scalable, and dangerous due to the rise of generative AI…
Hong Kong’s markets regulator has moved to rein in listed firms leaning on digital asset treasuries, stepping up oversight whereas getting ready a public training push to warn retail traders concerning the dangers. Speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday, Securities and Futures Commission chair Kelvin Wong Tin-yau mentioned the company is monitoring how listed…
A latest outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) froze 1000’s of purposes and reignited debate about web3’s reliance on centralized cloud suppliers. The disruption uncovered how deeply crypto platforms nonetheless rely on Web2 infrastructure for methods meant to function with out interruption. How a Centralized Outage Crippled Decentralized Systems On October 20, 2025, the AWS…
Mastercard is in late-stage talks to purchase Zerohash for roughly $1.5b to $2b, a transfer that will deepen the cardboard community’s push into stablecoin and on-chain settlement, Fortune reported Wednesday. Founded in 2017, Chicago-based Zerohash gives the plumbing that lets fintechs, brokers and retailers add crypto, stablecoin and tokenization options by way of APIs, together…
Good morning, Asia. Before the bell, markets are struggling to seek out path after the Federal Reserve cut rates as anticipated, however provided little readability on what comes subsequent. Bitcoin slipped beneath $110,000, extending losses as merchants turned cautious following Jerome Powell’s measured tone. Asian equities opened blended. Equities in Japan and Australia dipped, monitoring…