
FinCEN Ties $12.7B to Crypto Scams Run From Asian Compounds
Monthly reported sums rose 18% on average, and the compounds now appear to be spreading beyond Southeast Asia.
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Monthly reported sums rose 18% on average, and the compounds now appear to be spreading beyond Southeast Asia.

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (SFC) introduced a three-phase roadmap to develop infrastructure for tokenized securities issuance, for assets including stocks, bonds and funds. Starting Feb. 4, 2027, tokenized securities will be legally recognized


Adam Aron says AMC Entertainment has no connection to the tokens and is putting outside securities counsel on the case.

Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Entertainment Holdings, criticized Robinhood’s tokenized stock offerings that provide economic exposure to AMC shares, stating the company has no affiliation and that it will have a securities counsel investigate the matter. Robinhood

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) notched their biggest inflows in nearly eight months as BTC reclaimed $80,000. Bitcoin ETFs recorded $730.9 million in net inflows on Thursday, the largest daily haul since Jan. 14, when the funds attracted $
El Salvador used no public resources to accumulate Bitcoin after the first review of its International Monetary Fund (IMF) financing program in June 2025, according to the lender. In a Thursday statement, the IMF said documents supplied by Salvadoran authoriti

The United States and United Kingdom have formed a joint law enforcement alliance targeting scam centers involved in crypto and cyber-enabled investment fraud. On Thursday, the US Department of Justice announced that the US Attorney’s Office for the District o

Thai businessmen sue Tether over $42M frozen USDT tied to pig butchering scam, Aussie crypto firms face big fines unless they meet licensing deadline.

Two Thai businessmen have sued stablecoin issuer Tether in a New York district court, claiming it illegally froze $42.4 million in Tether USDt (USDT) in October , as part of a broader case tied to a pig butchering scheme. The plaintiffs claimed that Tether ill

Privacy advocates say the law raises First Amendment questions the courts have yet to address.

Fidelity argues that bitcoin may have seen its bottom in July. But there's still evidence it could drop again to a new low later this year. Bitcoin may be rallying but that doesn’t mean the bear market is over. Not yet, anyway. A new report from asset ma