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Global coordination or fragmentation on digital asset standards?
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31 December, 2025

Global coordination or fragmentation on digital asset standards?

As crypto adoption surges and market cap surpasses $4T in 2025, global regulators push for unified AML and tax standards,...
Stablecoins and iGaming: A shift from currency to infrastructure
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31 December, 2025

Stablecoins and iGaming: A shift from currency to infrastructure

Stablecoins became blockchain’s breakout use case in 2025, transforming iGaming payments as regulation and adoption pushed them into regulated markets.
2025’s crypto criminals: Making bank while cutting off fingers
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31 December, 2025

2025’s crypto criminals: Making bank while cutting off fingers

2025 exposed a darker side of crypto crime, with unprecedented profits from hacks and a troubling shift toward physical threats...
The rise of home and small-scale BTC mining
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31 December, 2025

The rise of home and small-scale BTC mining

As winter continues into December 2025, several ordinary people are starting modest rigs in their homes while the large bitcoin

Why the Philippines’ blockchain story deserves attention
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30 December, 2025

Why the Philippines’ blockchain story deserves attention

I spent most of 2025 covering blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) in the Philippines, and somewhere between fintech panels, startup

Japan seeks AI alliances with five Central Asian nations
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30 December, 2025

Japan seeks AI alliances with five Central Asian nations

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has planned a meeting with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan to discuss...