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Finance

Southeast Asia’s crypto funding rebounds to $680 million as investors focus on mature firms

Blockchain investment in Southeast Asia in 2026 has been led by crypto financial services, though funding remains heavily concentrated in Singapore and a handful of companies.

Singapore (Shutterstock)

Policy

CFTC asks judge to dismiss CME lawsuit over crypto perpetual futures

The regulator claims the dispute is "much ado about nothing," noting that the order allows any designated contract market, including CME, to list these products.

CME Group (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

DOJ says Hamas crypto seizures reached $560,000 as FBI took over fundraising sites

FBI agents took control of domains and servers, specifically Alqassam.ps, to intercept donations and prevent further fundraising for the Al-Qassam Brigades.

Department of Justice (David Trinks/Unsplash)

Markets

London Stock Exchange to work with Payward to bring biggest UK stocks onchain

The LSE is working with Kraken owner Payward, the developer of the xStocks tokenized equities framework, to bring top U.K.-listed stocks onchain.

Entrance to the London Stock Exchange

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Finance

Luke Dashjr exits mining pool Ocean after split over Bitcoin mining’s future

The split was mutual, with both parties citing differing views on the future of Bitcoin mining and recent protocol developments.

Luke Dashjr (CoinDesk)

Web3

A $1.1 million crypto card hack crashed a neobank's token 49%

The exploit caused the neobank's AVICI token to drop 49% from a 24-hour high, hitting a record low before paring some of the losses.

Plutus card being used contactless (CardMapr/Unsplash)

Finance

Ditching 'digital gold': BPI study suggests everyday Americans prefer control and micro-investing

A new survey suggests some of bitcoin's most familiar sales pitches of changing the world may be poorly suited to a majority of prospective buyers.

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Finance

Bullish backs USD.AI with $100 million in financing to drive GPU-backed loans

Cryptocurrency platform Bullish is extending a $100 million debt facility to USD.AI to finance GPU-backed loans for artificial intelligence infrastructure.

USD.AI developer Permian Labs' Conor Moore (left, COO/co-founder) and David Choi (right, CEO/co-founder) (Permian Labs)

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Markets

IREN shares fall 8% as costly AI transition weighs on earnings

Weakening profitability overshadowed a major milestone in IREN’s transformation into an AI cloud provider.

ASIC mining rigs (Winston Chen/Unsplash)

Finance

Polish Olympic chief arrested as prosecutors probe suspected crypto-linked bribe

Prosecutors are probing allegations that Zondacrypto's CEO gave Radosław Piesiewicz a 40,000 euro watch for help with regulatory hurdles.

Olympic arches (Julio Hernandez/Unsplash)