Taiwan’s authorities are holding 210.45 Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies seized from criminal cases. The assets remain under judicial control, with no plans yet announced for sale, conversion, or use in national reserves.

Taiwan has charged Tokyo Electron’s local subsidiary over the alleged theft of TSMC’s 2nm chip secrets. Three former and current TSMC engineers are also facing jail terms, while the company could be fined NT$120 million.

Taiwan’s central bank has begun a pilot to hold seized Bitcoin as part of its reserves. The government is studying how digital assets could be used alongside traditional currency and gold.

StraitsX is expanding its stablecoin network to link Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan, enabling real-time cross-border payments from 2026. The system will let travellers and merchants use local wallets while settlements happen instantly in domestic currencies, with XSGD facilitating the transactions behind the scenes.

Taiwan’s luxury watchmaker Top Win International is making a bold pivot into Bitcoin, positioning itself as the “Chinese version of MicroStrategy.”

Taiwan’s WiseLink led a $10 million funding round for Nasdaq-listed Top Win International, helping the company buy Bitcoin and expand into digital assets. The deal makes WiseLink the first public Taiwanese firm to back a Bitcoin treasury strategy and aims to combine crypto holdings with cross-border business operations.

BitoPro was likely hit by a major hack but kept it quiet for over three weeks, staying silent about suspicious activity. Users are still reporting “stuck funds,” sparking concerns the exchange hoped the breach would go unnoticed.

Taiwanese and US authorities are seizing millions in digital assets and properties linked to a man running a $100 million dark web drug market. His sentencing has been postponed as he cooperates with prosecutors by providing key information.

Trump’s latest tariffs have rattled global markets, with critics calling them more misguided than his Strategic Bitcoin Reserve plan. In 44 trading days, the tariffs have wiped out over $11 trillion from the US stock market, and the global crypto market has fallen over 11%. Can crypto survive under this administration?

Trump’s “Liberation Day” policy enacts sweeping tariffs, starting at 10%, with steep levies on China (34%), the EU (20%), Taiwan (32%), and Israel (17%). Markets have reacted sharply, wiping out Bitcoin’s recent gains. Is a global trade war imminent?