Deepfake incidents in Singapore rose 158% in 2025, according to Sumsub.
Fomo Pay, Sumsub partner on global compliance infrastructure
Kraken parent Payward has connected to Singapore Gulf Bank’s SGB Net, giving select institutions 24/7 U.S. dollar settlement.
Kraken parent Payward and SGB launch 24/7 settlement for institutions
Japan added Russian crypto exchange Garantex to its asset-freeze list this week, joining the U.S. and European Union in targeting a platform Treasury says handled more than $100 million tied to ransomware and other illicit activity. There’s one catch. U.S. authorities seized Garantex’s domain in March 2025, and Treasury says its staff had already shifted […]
Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hits Garantex With Asset Freeze
OpenAI claims ChatGPT reaches people as they decide what to buy. But advertisers in Asia say they still can't tell whether the ads can sell anything.
Who’s betting big on ChatGPT ads? Not Asian brands
OKX and NYSE parent ICE seek to offer 63 tokenized U.S. stocks under the SEC’s new five-year trading exemption.
OKX seeks SEC approval for 63 tokenized U.S. stocks
Royal tombs at Abydos were surrounded by numerous other burials. In the 1920s, an Egyptologist questioned whether all those people could have died naturally at the same time.
Skulls Reveal Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Egypt 5,000 Years Ago
Mapping Japan's cleantech sector: Key players, top investors, and funding insights in one report.
Mapping Japan’s prominent cleantech startups
Yossi Matias, Vice President & Head of Google Research, explores how AI is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science, and why its greatest impact may come when it intersects with other fields. Step inside the newsroom with our MIT Technology Review editors for sharp analysis and unpublished insights from the team that researches and repo
EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything
Binance will require Brazilian users to give purpose and counterparty details for international crypto transfers starting Nov. 1 under BCB rules.
Binance tightens Brazil crypto transfers from Nov. 1
The round marks OneByZero’s first external funding.
Jungle Ventures leads SG AI startup OneByZero’s $20m round
OKXICE was formed in June 2026 as a 50-50 venture between OKX and ICE.
OKX, ICE plan tokenized securities venue under SEC exemption
Zcash’s NU7 upgrade is now live on testnet, giving developers several weeks to assess 25-second blocks and other protocol changes before a planned November mainnet activation.
Zcash activates NU7 on testnet ahead of November mainnet target
While some national polls favored President Lula over Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, Polymarket accurately predicted the opposite outcome days before the polls, giving Bolsonaro a lead. This behavior is similar to what happened before the 2024 U.S. presidential election, when Trump emerged victorious. Polymarket Beats Polls In the Brazilian Election Prediction markets have become a reli
Prediction Markets Beat Traditional Polls in Brazilian Election
The stock trading platform seeks to offer tokenized shares in more than 60 US-listed companies under the SEC’s recently introduced innovation exemption.