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BSP Disqualifies Five Unregistered Money Service Businesses, Proprietors

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has disqualified five unregistered money service businesses and barred their owners from registering any future sole proprietorships with the central bank. The administrative sanctions penalize foreign exchange and remittance operators…

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Keystone Hardware Wallet Halts Sales, Destroys 18,835 Devices Following Customer Data Breach

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Hardware wallet manufacturer Keystone has halted direct product shipments and destroyed 18,835 unsold units after attackers breached its e-commerce infrastructure and stole an internal root authentication key used to verify device authenticity. We owe you…

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CEO Calls It ‘Big News’ Ahead of Swell

Key Takeaways The bank will administer reserves for the benefit of RLUSD holders. Standard Custody remains the stablecoin’s New York-regulated issuer. RLUSD already supports Ripple’s payments and prime brokerage operations. Final Charter Clears Path for Enterprise Custody Enterprises will gain a federally supervised platform for stablecoin infrastructure and digital asset custody when Ripple National Trust…

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Kraken Parent Payward Eyes First CFTC-Regulated Hyperliquid Futures Market

Key Takeaways Payward plans the first CFTC-regulated HIP-3* deployment on Hyperliquid for eligible U.S. clients. Hyperliquid’s HIP-3* upgrade introduces optional permissioned markets without changing existing markets. Kraken’s parent would use Bitnomial and NinjaTrader for regulated exchange, clearing, and brokerage operations. Kraken Parent Payward Plans Historic U.S. Futures Push on Hyperliquid Wall Street-style regulatory oversight is…

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