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- Bought a Ledger From CryptoBilis? Here’s What Ledger Says to DoLedger is investigating reports of stolen funds from users who bought devices from reseller CryptoBilis. Researchers estimate losses above $72 million, but Ledger has not confirmed the figures or the cause. Here is what it has said, and what it advises.Crypto
- APAC Wants Stablecoins. Does It Know What They Are?46% of consumers in 14 APAC markets say they are likely to use stablecoins within five years. Only 6% show an accurate understanding of how they work.Crypto
- Standard Chartered Plans Crypto Custody in Singapore. Here’s What It Signals for the Region.Standard Chartered plans to offer crypto, stablecoin and tokenised asset custody to institutions in Singapore. It is not live yet, but it shows where bank-grade custody is heading in Asia-Pacific.Crypto
- Payward's Second 24/7 Settlement Deal Signals a Race to End Banking HoursKraken's parent Payward and Singapore Gulf Bank launched 24/7 settlement for select institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf. The bank is reported as Bahrain-regulated, not Singapore-licensed, and the product speeds fiat funding without addressing exchange custody risk. Philippine eligibility is unconfirmed. Here's what it does, what it doesn't, and the pattern worth watchingCrypto
- One Lever Cut a Funding Rail, the Other Froze Holdings: Two Ways the State Reached Philippine Crypto This WeekIn one week, Philippine crypto enforcement took two forms: the BSP partially suspended the e-money arm behind Coins.ph, and a court froze 25 crypto wallets in the flood-control plunder probe. No link between them has been stated. Here's what each action covers, why a crypto platform's on-ramp is only as stable as the payment licences beneath it, and why a wallet freeze depends on custody.Crypto
- Bitget's Breach Hit Three-Quarters of Its Protection Fund, and Withdrawals Already Have a Return DateThe confirmed loss has grown twice, from $178 million in early reports to roughly $387.5 million now. CertiK says the drain represents nearly three-quarters of Bitget's entire User Protection Fund, a crisis event, not a routine lapse, despite the exchange's own 'user funds are safe' framing. What most coverage missed: Bitget already published a staged withdrawal resumption timeline running through October 2. Here's the actual calendar, and what it means for any operator with Bitget exposure.Crypto
- Bybit's 'Pure Exchange Era Is Ending' Isn't the Real Risk Story, Its 2025 Hack IsBybit's CEO announced a repositioning campaign, not an operational exit, around products it already offers. Real evidence backs the underlying trend: BitMEX shut down entirely this week, CoinEx is winding down over compliance costs. But the fact that actually matters for Philippine operators treating Bybit as a counterparty is the $1.5 billion hack it suffered in February 2025, the largest in crypto history. Here's why that belongs in the same risk conversation as the platform's expanding product scope, not a separate, older concern.Crypto
- Hong Kong's $1.6B Crypto Bribery Case Wasn't a Trade-Finance Insider, and That's the Real StoryLam Chun-yin had no authorization to touch letters of credit at all, a retail relationship manager who falsely authenticated $1.6 billion in fake documents anyway, paid in Tether. The real precedent: prosecutors successfully traced and argued crypto flows as bribery evidence in a major Hong Kong conviction. Here's why that undercuts a working assumption about crypto's evidentiary trail, and what it means for compliance teams treating fiat and crypto documentation differently.Crypto
- [PR] Introducing the Investment Calculator: Size Your Acquisition BudgetMost acquisition budgets get set by gut feel or last quarter's number. Our new investment calculator sizes a budget from numbers you already track, using two methods built on our own measured Philippine benchmarks, not imported industry rules of thumb, including why the standard 3:1 LTV:CAC target can be dangerously misleading in this market specifically.Crypto · iGaming
- 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