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Switzerland's Swiss franc stablecoin sandbox advances to testing phase as financial market operator SIX and payment app TWINT join existing bank participants.…
Liquid Network lost 4,000 BTC worth $320M in a federation wallet breach, exposing critical vulnerabilities in Bitcoin sidechain architecture and federated security models.…
A $320M crypto hack, an HSBC-BNP Paribas Swift tokenisation trial, Italy's M&A surge, and the week's signal vs. noise in global finance.…
Australia's financial intelligence agency has pulled 45 registrations from crypto and remittance operators over twelve months, signalling a sharp tightening of compliance standards.…
AUSTRAC canceled, suspended, or declined to renew 45 crypto and remittance registrations over the past year, with targeted action against GetCoins disrupting organized investment fraud.…
Liquid Network has recovered 3,400 Bitcoin from white-hat hackers, but negotiations over a remaining $47 million in assets are still ongoing, exposing deep vulnerabilities in federated sidechain architecture.…
The FCA has dismantled key IPO restrictions, removing the 7-day research embargo and cutting the free float requirement to 10%, in a bid to reclaim London's competitiveness.…
TabaPay closes a $155M FTV-led round and moves to acquire an OCC-chartered Denver bank, signaling a bold vertical integration strategy.…
Ethical actors returned $270M — 85% of Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid's federation wallet — as the sidechain network prepares to come back online.…
Singapore-based Ant International has secured a payment institution licence from Brazil's central bank, formalising its regulated foothold in Latin America's largest economy.…
The US Treasury has sanctioned a Turkish bank for allegedly financing Iran's terror network, a move with major implications for US-Turkey relations and regional financial stability.…
Philippine regulators have approved Mynt Inc.'s IPO, which could raise up to $1.6 billion and rank among the country's largest-ever stock market listings.…