Malaysia and Thailand are joining Singapore’s efforts to streamline cross-border payments through stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits, expanding regional cooperation on blockchain-based financial infrastructure.

1Password launched a platform that lets users approve AI agents from OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to log into their accounts without exposing their passwords. The launch comes as US banks detect AI-driven activity in customer accounts and struggle to determine whether users authorised it.

HSBC has launched its Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, RedCoin, for more than 3.3 million PayMe users, supporting transfers between individuals and payments at over 100,000 merchants. The bank plans to add RedCoin to its mobile banking app by the end of 2026 and allow customers to invest in tokenised money-market funds, as Hong Kong expands its regulated stablecoin market.

Major US banks, including Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citi, are tightening restrictions on third-party AI agents that access customer accounts using their login credentials, amid concerns that some agents may act beyond users’ instructions.

Andreessen Horowitz renamed its crypto fund a16z Crypto to a16z Frontier, expanding its focus to AI, robotics and other emerging technologies while continuing to invest in crypto. The fund has raised nearly $10 billion across five funds, including $2.2 billion in its latest fund announced in May 2026.

More than 100,000 investors affected by Zhimin Qian's multibillion-dollar investment fraud are still waiting for clarity over whether they can recover their losses, as a legal dispute in the UK complicates the fate of 61,896 Bitcoin worth approximately $5.1 billion.

A Circle shareholder has sued Donald Trump, his family's crypto firm and Steve Witkoff over alleged constitutional violations involving more than $2 billion in UAE-linked deals. Trump’s team and World Liberty Financial have rejected the allegations.

Coinbase's Irish arm is going to have to fork out $3.6 million from its pocket after Ireland's central bank found failures in the company's oversight and safeguarding of customer funds, raising questions about the controls designed to protect users of the cryptocurrency exchange.

The global response to critical PHP vulnerabilities demonstrates AI’s defensive potential while highlighting the need for faster patching, stronger coordination and sustainable support for open-source maintainers.

Chinese prosecutors are seeking to confiscate more than 61,800 Bitcoin and other assets linked to a $5.7 billion investment fraud that left over 102,000 investors with losses exceeding $2.8 billion. The case involves Qian Zhimin, who is serving a UK prison sentence, while Chinese investors pursue compensation through separate legal proceedings in China and the UK.

The global cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $2.33T, up by 0.72% over the last day, according to CoinMarketCap data. Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading between $61,320 and $62,200 over the past 24 hours. As of 09:30 AM (UTC) today, BTC is trading at $61,778, down by -0.09%. Most major cryptocurrencies by market cap are trading mixed. Market outperformers include GLM, SLP, and QUICK, up by 83%, 55%, and 43%, respectively. Market movers: ETH: $3406.85 (-0.12%) BNB: $409.2 (+0.34%) SOL: $130.44 (+1.58%) XRP: $0.6196 (-2.21%) ADA: $0.7252 (-1.65%) DOGE: $0.13338 (-5.84%) AVAX: $42.8 (+0.71%) TRX: $0.14033 (-0.12%) SHIB: $0.00002081 (-0.34%) LINK: $20.411 (-2.27%) Top gainers on Binance: GLM/USDT (+83%) SLP/USDT (+55%) QUICK/USDT (+43%)

폴리곤(MATIC) 기반 DEX 퀵스왑(QUICK)이 만타 퍼시픽 온체인 활동에 참여하고 거버넌스 투표를 한 QUICK 홀더 등 퀵스왑 유저들에게 MANTA를 에어드랍할 예정이라고 밝혔다. 만타페스트(MantaFest) 참가자에게 5만개, 거버넌스에 참여한 QUICK 홀더에게 1만개, 향후 있을 온체인 캠페인 참여자에게 5000개가 에어드랍 된다. 이밖에 LP 마이닝 리워드로 8.5만개, 향후 MANTA LP 대상 5만개, 향후 MANTA, STONE, wUSDM LP 대상 5만개가 배포될 예정이다.

Polygon ecological DEX QuickSwap announced that it will issue MANTA token airdrops to users who participate in Manta Pacific on-chain activities and hold QUICK in governance proposals. The specific distribution is as follows: -50,000 MANTA will be distributed retroactively to MantaFest event participants -10,000 MANTA will be distributed to QUICK holders who participate in governance -5000 MANTA will be used for upcoming on-chain activities. Another part of the allocation includes: 85,000 MANTA will be used as a mining reward for liquidity providers, 50,000 MANTA will be allocated to future MANTA liquidity providers, and 50,000 MANTA will be allocated to the future liquidity of MANTA, STONE, and wUSDM. provider. The MANTAs that have been claimed include: 200,000 MANTAs have been allocated to Manta Takeover event participants, 75,000 MANTAs have been allocated to users with more than 700 points in the MantaFest event, and 75,000 MANTAs have been allocated to MantaFest OAT users.