Key Takeaways The State Tax Inspectorate updated user reporting rules for crypto platforms under Lithuania’s Order VA-63. Rules align with EU DAC8 standards, requiring CASP platforms to gather user tax data to avoid penalties. Full operational reporting takes effect across the EU on Jan. 1, 2026, with data exchanges starting in 2027. Customer Data and…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The next head of the Department of Information and Communications Technology should understand technology, communicate the plans well with the public, obsess over details, and know how to get things done inside government. Edwin Lacierda…
Key Takeaways Kuan Tsou received a five-year split sentence with one year to serve. Tsou must repay $211,000 and is barred for life from Alabama’s securities industry. Total losses reached about $270,000 despite the courier’s arrest. A Grocery Store Pickup Became a Police Sting Kuan Tsou’s sentence and restitution order were announced Oct. 7 by…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Authorized hardware wallet reseller CryptoBilis underwent a corporate ownership transfer months before becoming the epicenter of a supply chain attack that resulted in tens of millions of dollars in stolen cryptocurrency. Corporate registry filings that…
Key Takeaways The agenda examines pairing fund shares with tokenized stocks. Liquidity-provider fees raise questions under fund-pricing rules. Pools could need investment-company and securities exemptions. Tokenized Fund Trades Put Pricing Rules in Focus Trading tokenized money market funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) through blockchain liquidity pools raises regulatory questions that Franklin Templeton (NYSE: BEN) brought…
Key Takeaways Brazil’s B3 exchange will launch a tokenized asset platform by 2027, modernizing its traditional market. These tokenized securities will share liquidity with traditional stocks, though settlement delays remain. B3 also plans to launch a stablecoin, and is awaiting Central Bank approval to operate and custody digital assets. Brazil’s B3 Expects to Implement Tokenized…
Key Takeaways Blockchain.com seeks CFTC approval to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives trading in the U.S., per a CNBC report. The company joins Coinbase, Crypto.com, and others expanding into prediction markets, following the lead of market giants like Kalshi and Polymarket. Regulatory uncertainty persists amid federal and state disputes over prediction markets, particularly sports-related…
Key Takeaways Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize; neither Polymarket nor Kalshi had her as a named option. Yulia Navalnaya jumped from about 5 cents to trade at 70.6 cents on Polymarket hours before the announcement. Polymarket’s chemistry and physics markets also missed the winners, while Kalshi named two other laureates. Nobody Priced…
Key Takeaways Bitcoin briefly reclaimed $83,000 on Friday after plunging to a month-to-date low of $80,308 on Thursday. Over $700 million in spot bitcoin ETF outflows this week dampened expectations for a record-setting October. Bitunix analysts believe BTC must hold above $82,800 to reach $85,000 or risk dropping toward $77,000. Resistance at $83,000 Triggers Volatile…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Check out the BitPinas Token 2049 Coverage Here Blockchain financial institution XREX Group will host the fourth annual Stablecoin Summit in Singapore on Oct. 8, bringing together cryptocurrency firms, global payment networks and financial regulators…
