Everything that happened in crypto news in Asia over the past seven days: Asia Express. In this edition: Bitcoin think tank recommends Taiwan hold BTC Drift links $285M exploit to suspected North Korean operatives Huione Group leader extradited to China Hong Kong misses March target for stablecoin licenses South Korean brokerage seeks stake in crypto…
Prediction markets are sold as a way to harness the wisdom of crowds to more accurately forecast the future. But when it comes to the Iran war, winning cryptocurrency for correctly predicting outcomes that see civilians bombed and their homes destroyed makes some people concerned — and others very angry. Dystopian death markets (Seth Moulton)…
Artificial intelligence is speeding up the pace of research into quantum computers. Last week, the estimated timeline for Q Day — the date a cryptographically relevant computer is able to break encryption — grew significantly shorter thanks to research papers from Google and the Caltech-linked quantum startup Oratomic. Google got all the attention, but the…
Top Stories of The Week Bitcoin can be made quantum-safe without protocol upgrade: Researcher A Bitcoin researcher has come up with a way that could immediately make Bitcoin transactions quantum-safe without the need for a soft fork. In a proposal published Thursday, StarkWare chief product officer Avihu Levy proposed a Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) transaction…
This week’s Asia Express features a Q&A on how Singapore’s crypto landscape has shifted since the licensing deadline. Before the summer of 2025, Singapore was a key base for cryptocurrency companies engaging in regulatory arbitrage. While the city-state barred unlicensed companies from serving local users, many businesses sidestepped the rules by simply blocking Singaporean customers…
Veteran trader Peter Brandt has pushed back on one of Bitcoin’s most aggressive long-term price targets. “2030, we don’t go to a million,” Brandt tells Cointelegraph on the Chain Reaction show. Despite strong calls from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood for Bitcoin to reach $1 million within the next four…
The US Senate returned from a two-week recess on Monday, bringing the CLARITY Act back into the spotlight. Stablecoin yield has dominated the debate, but the treatment of decentralized finance (DeFi) remains a big issue, particularly for non-custodial platforms and developers operating without control over user funds. Over the years, many DeFi platforms have restricted…
Top Stories of the Week Russia introduces bill to criminalize unregistered crypto services Russia’s government submitted a bill to its parliament’s lower house to amend the country’s legal code and impose criminal liability on crypto services offered without regulatory approval or licensing. In a draft law sent to the State Duma on Friday, Russian lawmakers…
Quantum computing isn’t on track to break Bitcoin by 2030, despite growing fears on social media, according to Bitcoin OG and Blockstream CEO Adam Back. “I think it’s probably still a couple of decades out, but it really depends on how the research progresses,” Back tells Cointelegraph during Paris Blockchain Week. In a wide ranging…
Everything that happened in crypto news in Asia over the past seven days: Asia Express. In this edition Neo co-founder floats $461 million governance reset Over 50 projects flagged in DPRK infiltration sweep Pakistan lifts crypto banking ban under strict regulatory limits Ledger device that drains funds sold in Chinese marketplace South Korea trials tokenized…