Cryptocurrency

    Reporting on regulatory frameworks, enforcement actions, adoption trends, and risks associated with decentralised digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Taiwan Cabinet Approves Draft Law to Mandate FI, VASP Anti-Fraud Cooperation

    By Mark Johnston | 18/11/2025

    Amendments establish four mechanisms, including cross-industry data sharing and tech platforms, to combat financial crime.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Binance, OKX Processed Illicit Crypto Despite US Oversight: ICIJ

    By Editors | 18/11/2025

    An investigation found the exchanges handled hundreds of millions in tainted funds after pleading guilty to AML violations.

    Cryptocurrency

    Japan to Reclassify 105 Cryptoassets as Financial Products

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/11/2025

    The move would bring tokens like Bitcoin under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, introducing new disclosure rules and a potential tax cut.

    Cryptocurrency

    JPX Mulls New Rules to Guard Against Crypto-Hoarding Firms

    By Mark Johnston | 17/11/2025

    The bourse operator is weighing new measures to protect investors after steep losses in listed “digital-asset treasury” firms.

    Cryptocurrency

    Crypto Exchange Gemini Eyes Further Expansion in APAC Markets

    By Manesh Samtani | 17/11/2025

    Gemini is prioritising markets with clearer regulatory paths while localising products and navigating Asia's fragmented rulebooks, its APAC head says.

    Cryptocurrency

    Taiwan to Study Inclusion of Bitcoin in Strategic Reserves

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/11/2025

    The central bank to draft rules and pilot a treasury programme using seized assets, following calls to reduce reliance on the US dollar.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    UK Jails Chinese Fraud Mastermind Over Multi-Billion Bitcoin Laundering

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 13/11/2025

    The case involved one of Britain's largest-ever cryptocurrency seizures, stemming from a massive Ponzi scheme affecting 128,000 Chinese investors.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Korea to Share Rental Fraud Data, Bring Crypto Firms Under Credit Law

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 13/11/2025

    The FSC says the proposed rules will allow sharing of malicious landlord data without their consent and formally classify virtual asset firms as credit information providers.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Following the Flow of Funds Behind Illicit DPRK IT Worker Threat

    By Chandana Seshadri | 13/11/2025

    Disrupting North Korea’s illicit IT workers requires a focus on both identity fraud and dismantling complex financial networks.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Hong Kong Issues Global Alerts for JPEX Crypto Fraud Suspects

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/11/2025

    Authorities prosecute 16 individuals and seek three alleged masterminds in the HKD1.6 billion virtual asset platform collapse.

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