A 2025 UNODC report finds Asia-Pacific scam victims lost up to $114.1B in 2024 as Southeast Asian crime syndicates merge into a unified, crypto-powered criminal economy spanning 80 countries.
Kakao Group and Circle have signed an MOU to build won-backed stablecoin payment infrastructure in South Korea, with Toss, Kakao Pay, and Kakao Bank as key partners.
Swiss cantonal bank BancaStato joins Sygnum's B2B platform, bringing regulated Bitcoin trading directly into its Avaloq-powered web and mobile banking apps.
The Trump White House has accused Beijing's Moonshot AI of covertly distilling Anthropic's Fable model to build Kimi K3, threatening sanctions over industrial-scale AI knowledge theft.
Nasdaq-listed Chinese insurtech Zhibao Technology (ZBAO) signs a non-binding term sheet to accept ~3,500 BTC (~$220M) in a proposed PIPE deal, joining the public-company bitcoin treasury wave.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, known as 'Crypto Mom,' warned on July 22 that DeFi vaults and onchain lending strategies could qualify as securities depending on their structure.
An attacker drained ~$24M in USDC from AFX's Arbitrum bridge in a targeted exploit. Arbitrum's native bridge was confirmed unaffected. USDC holds its peg.
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital launch a fundamentals-based crypto index screening 15 digital assets by protocol revenue — Bitcoin excluded.
A critical nonce bug in the Zilliqa Ledger app lets attackers recover private keys from just five on-chain transactions. ZIL dropped ~10% on the disclosure.
Bitcoin steadies above $66,000 with 56.7% dominance as the Fear & Greed Index sits at 31. HYPE loses 11%, ZEC drops 9%, RAIN falls 6% on the week.
