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- Malaysia and Thailand’s Central Banks Join Singapore’s BLOOM. What Is Confirmed, and What Isn’t Live Yet.Malaysia’s and Thailand’s central banks have joined Singapore’s BLOOM initiative for cross-border stablecoin and tokenized deposit testing. No corridor, token or start date has been named. Here is what is confirmed, what is not, and what platforms and compliance teams should watch.Crypto
- HSBC’s RedCoin Is Live in PayMe. Day One Numbers, Real Warnings and What Comes Next.HSBC has begun rolling out RedCoin, a licensed Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, to PayMe’s 3.3 million users. Here is what is confirmed, what HSBC warns about, and what platforms and compliance teams should watch next.Crypto
- Five Horror-Themed Games, Two More IPs for 2027: What DigiPlus’s Local Content Push Shows So Far.DigiPlus has launched five games based on the Filipino horror franchise Shake, Rattle & Roll, and says two more local IPs are lined up for 2027. Here is what is confirmed, what the coverage leaves out, and what operators should check before copying the approach.iGaming
- Is Buenas PH’s Pickleball Push Good Marketing? Our Verdict, and What Operators Should MeasureBuenas PH has launched a creator-led pickleball and sports campaign. Is it good marketing? Our reading: sound on audience, format and message, but the return is unproven. Here is how we judge it and what operators should measure.iGaming
- PAGCOR's POGO hangover is real and measurableKeith McDonnell's assessment that PAGCOR is still recovering from the POGO shutdown is the most candid public framing of the regulator's structural problem since PAGCOR's own 42% GGR growth headline in October. Those two reads are not contradictory: domestic and SCBPO revenue is growing, but the offshore licensing fees, compliance income, and regulatory footprint that POGOs generated have not been replaced like-for-like.…Market · Philippines
- LVS 3Q miss signals high-end APAC softness22 billion, with management attributing the miss to aberrational softness in high-end play across Macau and Singapore, is a meaningful read on premium APAC player behavior in the current quarter. The board's decision to raise the 2027 dividend by 20% signals confidence in the medium-term outlook, but the Q3 result confirms that VIP and premium mass segments are not recovering in a straight line.…Market · Singapore
- CoinDCX wallet breach: $16M ops loss, users made wholeCoinDCX disclosing a compromised wallet incident resulting in $16 million in operational losses, with the exchange covering affected user accounts, is a straightforward exchange-side security failure with a relatively contained client impact. The significance for APAC operators is less about CoinDCX specifically and more about the pattern: exchange-level wallet compromises in the region are occurring at a pace that makes counterparty due diligence on treasury venues a recurring operational requirement, not a one-time onboarding check.…Market
- $16M Left CoinDCX Wallets. The Explanation Changed Within a Day. What Platforms Should Do.About US$16 million in USDT left wallets tied to CoinDCX. The exchange first denied a hack, then called it an operational loss from a failed sweep, and investigators dispute parts of that. Here is what is confirmed, what is contested, and what platforms should check.Crypto
- Malaysia central bank launches tokenized bond DLT platformBank Negara Malaysia launching a live DLT platform for tokenized bonds and sukuk, settled in central bank money through RENTAS+, is the most consequential institutional crypto infrastructure move in APAC this week. This is not a pilot or a sandbox: it is a production settlement system from a G20-adjacent central bank integrating tokenized securities into sovereign payment infrastructure.…Regulatory · Malaysia
- Genting Singapore eyes $1.6B debt raise from 202756 billion in debt from 2027 to fund Resorts World Sentosa expansion is a meaningful signal about the capital intensity of the next phase of Singapore integrated resort development. This is lower-stakes for most Philippine operators day-to-day, but relevant for anyone tracking regional VIP and premium mass player routing: a significantly expanded RWS competes more directly for the same APAC high-value traveler pool that Okada, Solaire, and City of Dreams Manila are also targeting.…Market · Singapore