Regulators finalize ETF and futures rules in a bold push to mainstream digital assets and position crypto as a core investment class.

Thailand has shut down World’s operations in the country and ordered the deletion of 1.2 million iris scans. Authorities acted after finding the project broke data protection laws and raised wider concerns about unregulated crypto activity.

Bitkub is planning an IPO in Hong Kong to raise funds and grow its presence in the region. The exchange chose Hong Kong due to better market conditions and strong support for digital assets.

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.

Thai authorities have arrested Liang Ai-Bing, a Chinese national believed to be the mastermind behind the $31 million FINTOCH exit scam, following a coordinated intelligence operation between Thai and Chinese law enforcement.

It was supposed to be a quiet afternoon stroll in a Bangkok luxury mall. But for one Portuguese journalist, that walk would turn into a global manhunt’s breakthrough — leading to the dramatic arrest of a fugitive crypto scammer behind a $580 million fraud empire.

South Korean police broke up a fraud ring in Pattaya, Thailand, accused of stealing about $15 million from nearly 900 victims. Twenty-five suspects were arrested, while the alleged ringleader and others remain in Thai custody as extradition continues.

Thailand is grappling with a banking crisis after authorities froze nearly three million accounts in a sweeping effort to combat online financial fraud and “mule” accounts used for money laundering and scams.

Authorities in Thailand have declared parts of Bangkok and the neighborhood Samut Prakan as temporary epidemic zones after a rabies outbreak was confirmed earlier this week.

Thailand is scrambling to hold an election before the end of the year, after the caretaker Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai reportedly tried to seek the royal's approval to dissolve the House of Representatives.