AUSTRAC took action against 45 crypto and remittance businesses over compliance and financial crime risks. It also cancelled GetCoins’ registration and suspended Cryptolink’s 96 crypto ATMs for three months.
AnaisBit2Me has launched Bit2Shield to help authorities trace, seize, store and sell cryptocurrency linked to investigations. The unit builds on Bit2Me’s work with agencies including Interpol and Europol, after the exchange processed €1.5 million ($1.74 million) in seized crypto in 2025.
WeatherlyMalone Lam is expected to plead guilty over his alleged role in stealing more than $240 million in Bitcoin from one investor.
AnaisRobinhood will route some football prediction contracts through Crypto.com’s newly independent OG.com exchange and take minority stakes in both businesses. The deal expands Robinhood’s prediction-markets network as event contracts generated a record $156 million in revenue in the second quarter of 2026.
WeatherlyStrive bought 1,375 BTC for $109 million, taking its total holdings to 24,531 BTC worth about $1.9 billion. The purchase was largely funded through SATA preferred shares, whose outstanding value has now reached $999 million.
AnaisPolish prosecutors have charged a fifth suspect in the Zondacrypto fraud case, with Roman Ż. accused of helping an organised group misappropriate 7.8 million złoty ($2.1 million) from users.
WeatherlyGemini has secured a Major Payment Institution licence from Singapore’s MAS, allowing it to provide regulated digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services. The approval completes a licensing process that began in October 2024 and gives Gemini full regulatory status for its Singapore operations.
AnaisCircle has agreed to acquire Singapore-based cross-border payments firm Tazapay to expand its global USDC payment network.
WeatherlyKakao Pay has completed a digital asset wallet test that allows stablecoins to be stored, transferred, used for payments and settled alongside Kakao Pay Money. KakaoBank is also testing the technology under banking security and regulatory rules, while Kakao Group plans to offer wallet solutions and consulting to companies and financial institutions.
WeatherlyThai police arrested 12 South Koreans and one Chinese national after raiding an alleged scam call centre operating from a luxury house in Samut Prakan. The suspects allegedly posed as South Korean prosecutors or officials to threaten victims into transferring money, with police seizing 13 workstations, phones, computers, scam scripts and forged documents.
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