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Coinfest Asia 2026 Recap: Indonesia’s $28 Billion Onchain Vision, Stablecoins, and the AI Shift

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Southeast Asia’s largest crypto gathering felt less like a speculative trade show and more like an active regulatory workshop for a regional economic pivot. At Coinfest Asia 2026 in Bali, over 10,000 attendees gathered as…

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Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart

About 1,600 federal employees who work at the General Services Administration have been forced to relocate from their office on F Street in Washington, DC, to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building, roughly two blocks away. Workers say the new building, which also houses staff from the Office of Personnel Management has mice, a caved-in bathroom ceiling, and…

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Belgium Seeks Crypto Wallet Data From EU Registrars in Piracy Probe

Key Takeaways Belgium’s BAPO ordered domain registrars to submit financial, IP, and account details of pirate operators. Court orders named host Hostinger among entities compelled to share data to shield the sports economy. Experts question if cross-border demands will survive scrutiny under the EU Digital Services Act. Crackdown on Digital Piracy Belgian authorities have escalated…

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Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off

When George Arison took over Grindr in 2022, he inherited a company that had been bounced from Chinese ownership to a forced divestiture to a private-equity rescue — a business that was printing money but also had no real product or business strategy. Four years, a SPAC listing, and a controversial return-to-office mandate later, Grindr…

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BSP Won’t Defend ₱60 Target as Philippine Peso Hits Historic Low Past ₱62

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 (BSP) will not draw down its foreign currency reserves to artificially defend a ₱60 exchange rate against the US dollar. The policy stance comes as the Philippine peso breached the…

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Russia crypto trading could reach $46B in year one

Russia’s regulated crypto trading market could process between 3.5 trillion and 4 trillion rubles during its first year, according to an Aug. 29 forecast from SberCIB Investment Research. Summary SberCIB estimates regulated Russian crypto trading could reach four trillion rubles during its first year. The forecast represents roughly 20% of Russia’s estimated annual cryptocurrency transaction…

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