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CRYPTOCURRENCIES

An electronic sphere displays wagers at a Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington on March 20.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 30, 2026
Event wagers face $143 million insider problem as war bets boom
A flurry of well-timed trades tied to U.S. decisions on Iran has renewed scrutiny of prediction markets.
Bilal Bin Saqib at the Quaid-e-Azam Library in Lahore. Saqib is seen as a key player in transforming the relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan over the past year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 30, 2026
Pakistan’s crypto diplomacy paved way for key role as U.S.-Iran intermediary
Red carpet treatment in Islamabad for the American president’s family business underscores the growing depth of an increasingly important geopolitical relationship.
Authorities in Vietnam have grown increasingly concerned about the use of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins amid a rise in popularity regionally, increasing the risks of uncontrolled capital outflows.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 17, 2026
Vietnam firms vie to launch crypto exchanges ahead of ban on overseas trading
Authorities have grown concerned about the use of cryptocurrencies amid a rise in popularity regionally, increasing the risks of uncontrolled capital outflows.
A woman checks Bitcoin’s price chart on a smartphone.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 3, 2026
Takaichi clarifies she is not affiliated with ‘sanae token’ cryptocurrency
The cryptocurrency is a meme coin that NoBorder — a YouTube channel featuring political content run by Japanese entrepreneur Yuji Mizoguchi — announced last month.
A Vietnamese cryptocurrency investor looks at the latest Bitcoin values on a smartphone in Hanoi on Feb. 12.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 16, 2026
Crash course: Vietnam’s crypto boom goes bust
Unlike neighboring China, which has banned cryptocurrencies, Vietnam has allowed blockchain technology to develop in a legal gray area.
Donald Trump’s pro-crypto shift dismantled regulations and empowered industry insiders, but bitcoin’s poor performance and the risks posed by lightly regulated stablecoins expose crypto’s failure as money.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2026
The coming crypto apocalypse
The future of money and payments will feature gradual evolution, not the revolution that crypto-grifters promised.
Bitcoin has wiped out all of its gains since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, who pledged on the campaign trail to overhaul policies toward digital assets.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 6, 2026
Bitcoin slump shakes companies that jumped on crypto-hoarding bandwagon
Bitcoin has wiped out all of its gains since the election of U.S. Presidnet Donald Trump, who pledged on the campaign trail to overhaul policies toward digital assets.
Changpeng Zhao, co-founder of Binance Holdings, speaks during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 2, 2026
Binance founder Zhao denies crypto market crash accusations
A record $19 billion in leveraged crypto positions were erased on Oct. 10, the biggest single-day liquidation event in the sector’s roughly 16-year history.
Eric Trump (right) — the U.S. President Donald Trump's middle son — and Zach Witkoff — the son of U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff — speak in Dubai on May 1, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2026
UAE firm quietly took stake in the Trump family’s crypto company
The Trump family’s business dealings with the UAE have blurred the line between government and private enterprise, alarming ethics experts and congressional Democrats.
Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Zach Witkoff, co-founder and CEO of World Liberty Financial, gesture outside the Nasdaq building in New York on Aug. 13, 2025.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 14, 2026
Pakistan to partner with World Liberty Financial on dollar-linked stablecoin, source says
The deal comes amid a warming of ties between Pakistan and the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates with other officials at the White House in July after signing the Genius Act, which will develop a regulatory framework for stablecoin cryptocurrencies and expand oversight of the industry.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2026
Will stablecoins preserve dollar dominance?
Some governments may hesitate, fearing that currency substitution would undermine the effectiveness of domestic monetary policy.
A cryptocurrency advertisement featuring an image of U.S. President Donald Trump in Hong Kong. The current U.S. administration’s endorsement of crypto is driven by a mix of personal financial interest, ideology, and the need to reinforce global demand for dollars to finance America’s trade deficit.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2025
Is crypto an opportunity or a threat?
Crypto innovation has some valuable features but the proliferation of private digital assets has widened the gap between private and social interests.
A courtroom sketch of Do Kwon, a South Korean cryptocurrency executive charged with fraud, in New York on Aug. 12.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2025
Crypto entrepreneur behind 2022 crash sentenced to 15 years
Do Kwon of South Korea had developed TerraUSD and Luna, which lost an estimated $40 billion.
Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong on Aug. 29.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Dec 7, 2025
From 2600% gain to 86% wipeout, crypto’s hottest trade collapsed
The worst performers have been public companies that eschewed Bitcoin and went for smaller, more volatile tokens.
More than 300 victims and family members of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack who are suing Binance say the cryptocurrency platform enabled more than $1 billion in transactions by Hamas, Hezbollah, and other entities designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 25, 2025
Binance faces lawsuit by Hamas victims under anti-terrorism law
More than 300 victims and family members of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel sued Binance, co-founder Changpeng Zhao, and top executive Guangying Chen.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building, operated by Japan Exchange Group
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 14, 2025
Japan Exchange looks at ways to curb crypto hoarding firms
The Tokyo Stock Exchange operator is exploring options including a stricter application of its backdoor listing rules and requiring firms to undergo a fresh audit.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro has leaned into the involvement of ethnic Chinese or citizens in scam operations.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2025
U.S. ‘Strike Force’ to combat scam centers in Southeast Asia
The U.S. Justice Department is aiming to fight a surge in cryptocurrency‑investment fraud by transnational criminal organizations.
Mugshots of Malaysian national Seng Hok Ling (left) and Chinese national Zhimin Qian (right), alias Yadi Zhang — both of whom were convicted for their roles in a multi billion-dollar Bitcoin fraud in the U.K.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2025
Chinese bitcoin fraudster jailed after huge U.K. crypto seizure
The 47-year-old lived a life of luxury renting expensive mansions and plotting to become the monarch of a self-proclaimed nation “Liberland“ until she was arrested last year.
The theft of 127,272 Bitcoin tokens from the LuBian Bitcoin mining pool in December 2020 is likely a "state-level hacker operation” led by the U.S., according to the Chinese National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2025
China accuses U.S. of orchestrating $13 billion bitcoin hack
The theft of the 127,272 Bitcoin tokens from the LuBian Bitcoin mining pool in December 2020 is one of the largest crypto heists in history.
Former Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao arrives at federal court in Seattle, Washington, in April 2024.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 24, 2025
Crypto billionaire gets pardon after firm supports Trump family venture
U.S. President Donald Trump said ‘a lot of people’ had told him convicted Binance co-founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao wasn’t guilty.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
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James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ¥11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
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Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
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Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
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A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
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James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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