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Brazilian authorities dismantled a transnational cocaine trafficking ring suspected of shipping 6.5 metric tons of drugs and laundering billions in reals via crypto brokers.…
SoftBank advances as preferred bidder for SP.LINKS in a $625M deal set to reshape Japan's competitive digital payments landscape.…
KPay's Singapore subsidiary has received In-Principle Approval from MAS for a Major Payments Institution licence under the Payment Services Act 2019.…
OKX Europe's new one-way USDT-to-USDC conversion tool signals how MiCA compliance is actively reshaping stablecoin access across European crypto markets.…
North Korea's BlueNoroff group uses counterfeit Zoom and Teams meetings to map crypto wallets before deploying targeted malware, per JUMPSEC research.…
Kevin Warsh's leadership at the Federal Reserve faces growing scrutiny as FOMC members push for higher interest rates, threatening to reshape economic forecasts and rattle markets.…
Senator Cynthia Lummis says the Clarity Act carries sanctions powers aimed at North Korea's Lazarus Group, even as the legislation stalls in the Senate.…
Euroclear appoints Usman Ahmad, co-founding CEO of Zodia Markets, to a newly created Head of Digital Assets role as it pursues tokenisation and digital settlement.…
Swiss lawmakers are debating tougher capital requirements for UBS, forcing a reckoning between systemic financial stability and the bank's global competitiveness.…
Indonesia's central bank governor has resigned as the Prabowo administration moves to tighten control over monetary policy, raising alarms over institutional independence.…
Distributed cloud storage pioneer Storj Labs has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with Inveniam stepping in to back a structured reorganization.…
Singapore-based stablecoin payments firm Triple-A confirms an $11.8M treasury-wallet breach, pledging client funds remain safe and losses will be covered internally.…