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- Digirockstars hiring affiliate lead in Pasig: expansion readDigirockstars posting an Affiliate Growth Lead and Partnerships Manager role in Pasig signals that the agency is building out a dedicated affiliate and performance marketing function in the Philippines, not just running campaigns through existing staff. In a market where the Garcia advertising ban bill is gaining legislative momentum and PAGCOR's influencer enforcement is live, an agency doubling down on affiliate infrastructure is betting that performance channels survive the legislative cuts that hit mass-media and influencer acquisition.…Leadership · Philippines
- Bitget's CEO Is Talking to BlackRock, and Half Her Users Already Prove the PitchBitget's CEO confirmed talks with BlackRock on distributing tokenized ETFs across Asia. BlackRock's own comment was notably more reserved. What's independently verifiable either way: 52% of Bitget's users already hold both crypto and stocks, and tokenized assets are already 40% of its volume. Here's why that data matters more than the deal itself.Crypto · iGaming
- House bill targets total ban on online gambling adsA Philippine congressman has filed a bill imposing a blanket ban on public advertising for online gambling, going further than earlier proposals by closing every above-the-line acquisition channel simultaneously. Signal flagged the legislative direction on September 2 when the bill was first reported, but today's clusters add a second voice entering the debate, confirming this is now a live legislative conversation with multiple sponsors, not a single-member initiative.…Regulatory · Philippines
- PAGCOR app is end-2026; whitelist strategy starts nowPAGCOR's consumer-facing app to distinguish licensed from unlicensed operators is confirmed for an end-2026 launch, and it will complement the existing Guarantee website rather than replace it. Signal has briefed this before as a directionally important move; the new detail worth acting on is the timeline confirmation: end-2026 is close enough for licensed operators to begin engaging PAGCOR now on whitelist placement and promotional co-ordination, before the app's launch communications are designed without them.…Regulatory · Philippines
- PAGCOR moratorium holds at 48 operators; exit window is nowPAGCOR is maintaining its license freeze and simultaneously removing inactive holders who retained approvals to sell them, which closes the secondary market for license trading while keeping the primary market locked. The market has contracted from 74 to 48 operators, and the 30% GGR fee remains unchanged, meaning the cost floor for remaining operators is fixed while revenue visibility is still uncertain.…Regulatory · Philippines
- Tether sued over pre-warrant USDT freezeS. law-enforcement request, months before a formal seizure warrant was issued, which raises a direct operational question for any operator holding material USDT balances: can Tether freeze your funds on a request rather than a court order?…Regulatory
- Rep. Garcia files bill to ban all online gambling adsA Philippine congressman filing a blanket ban on online gambling advertising is the legislative escalation that follows months of PAGCOR enforcement actions and the Escudero bill's earlier momentum. If this passes, every above-the-line acquisition channel, digital and broadcast, closes simultaneously for licensed operators.…Regulatory · Philippines
- PhilWeb's Gokongwei era and record PH online revenues: context1 billion in 2025, with online revenue surpassing land-based for the first time, is the market-size context that makes sense of every other story in today's brief. PAGCOR's 2024 fee cuts drew gray-market operators in, which inflated the licensed pool to the point where the minimum fee floor is now culling the weakest of them.…Market · Philippines
- Singapore stablecoin rules tighten: 100% backing, no interestSingapore requiring 100% asset backing and banning interest payments on stablecoins closes the yield-bearing stablecoin model that several APAC crypto platforms were building toward. For Philippine operators evaluating stablecoin payment rails, the practical consequence is that any Singapore-regulated counterparty in your settlement chain now operates under a structurally simpler but more capital-intensive model, which makes them more stable but potentially more expensive.…Regulatory · Singapore
- House Bill 10982 Exempts Traditional Gambling, Not PAGCOR's Online OperatorsHouse Bill 10982 doesn't ban gambling advertising with no distinctions, it exempts licensed casinos, PCSO lotteries, and cockpits specifically. What's still fully in scope is online gambling advertising, PAGCOR-licensed operators included, running in parallel with Escudero's Senate bill we've already covered. Two chambers, same target, at the same timeiGaming