KBank has filed new trademarks for stablecoin wallets and related digital finance services as it prepares for its third IPO attempt, targeting a KOSPI listing on 5 March 2026. The internet-only bank is expanding into stablecoin payments and cross-border transfers as part of a wider push to grow its digital asset business.
AnaisSingapore Gulf Bank has added stablecoin support to its SGB Net platform, letting institutional clients trade, hold, convert, and mint USDC and USDT alongside traditional currencies. The service, which includes KYC and AML checks and uses Fireblocks for custody, will start in the first quarter of 2026.
AnaisFrench police raided X’s Paris office and summoned owner Elon Musk for questioning over a criminal investigation into the platform and its AI chatbot Grok. Prosecutors are examining claims that X and Grok helped spread illegal content, including child abuse images and sexual deepfakes, and may have unlawfully handled data.
AnaisOpenAI CEO Sam Altman tested the new Codex app for Mac and felt “a little useless” when some AI suggestions were better than his own ideas. The app lets developers run multiple AI agents to write and improve code, making the process faster and more intuitive.
WeatherlyCrypto.com has launched a new standalone prediction markets app called OG in the United States, spinning the business out of its main platform to focus on event-based trading. The move follows a sharp rise in activity, with the company saying its prediction markets have grown about 40 times in weekly use over the past six months.
AnaisTaiwanese man Rui-Siang Lin was sentenced to 30 years in a New York court for running Incognito Market, a dark web drug marketplace that made over $105 million in sales. The platform sold large amounts of cocaine, meth and fake prescription pills, causing at least one confirmed death.
WeatherlyBinance has converted part of its $1 billion SAFU reserve from stablecoins into Bitcoin, buying an additional 1,315 BTC and bringing the fund’s total to 2,630 BTC. The move comes amid market volatility and insolvency rumours, but Binance says the transfers will not affect Bitcoin’s price.
AnaisFrench prosecutors raided X’s Paris office and summoned Elon Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino for questioning on 20 April 2026 over claims that the platform’s algorithms and its AI chatbot Grok spread illegal and harmful content. A French politician has publicly warned Musk not to travel to France, saying he could be detained, and compared the case to the earlier arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov.
AnaisItalian authorities raided the offices of third-tier football club Triestina Calcio and the homes of 15 people over suspected money laundering and false accounting. Investigators are checking how the club managed 10 million euros in public funding and 40 million euros from international bank transfers, while debts now total around 60 million euros.
WeatherlyTether has scaled back plans to raise up to $20 billion, with advisers now exploring a smaller raise of around $5 billion after investors pushed back on its $500 billion valuation. The company said the higher figure was never a target and highlighted that it made about $10 billion in profit last year, reducing the need for external funding.
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