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RCBC Innovation Chief Lito Villanueva Named Digital Banking Champion of the Year at WFIS 2026

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Lito Villanueva, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovations and Inclusion Officer at Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), has been named “Digital Banking Champion of the Year” at the World Financial Innovation Series (WFIS) Philippines 2026…

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Bitcoin unlikely to crash 50% on AI risks: Buterin

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin rejected a Sept. 7 prediction that artificial intelligence could undermine confidence in Bitcoin’s security and cause its price to fall by more than 50% within two years. Summary Buterin rejected Liron Shapira’s prediction that AI-related security fears could halve Bitcoin within two years. Shapira assigned 50% confidence to Bitcoin crashing over…

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SEC Approves GCash Parent Mynt’s ₱92.3B IPO Targeted for October 20 Listing

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Philippine stock market is setting up for its largest initial public offering in history after regulators formally cleared the parent company behind digital payments giant GCash to list on the main board. With the…

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