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Ozow semakin memfokuskan perhatian pada tata kelola, manajemen risiko, dan keselarasan regulasi, menandakan pergeseran strategis yang lebih luas saat fintech menghadapi lingkungan pembayaran yang semakin kompleks.

Perusahaan telah memformalkan fungsi Chief Risk and Governance Officer (CRGO) – sebuah indikasi bahwa risiko dan kepatuhan tidak lagi menjadi masalah belakang kantor tetapi pilar inti pertumbuhan berkelanjutan dalam fintech modern.

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Hamilton Labs, an Egyptian infrastructure company, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from AXIAN Investment to scale its stablecoin infrastructure across the African continent.

When Mo Kasstawi Co-Founded the Egyptian financial infrastructure company, he wasn’t setting out to launch just another crypto startup. He was responding to a reality familiar across the continent: access to stable dollars is still treated as a privilege rather than a basic financial need.

Now Hamilton Labs has secured fresh backing from AXIAN Investment, the venture arm of the pan-African AXIAN Group, to expand its stablecoin infrastructure across Africa. The amount remains undisclosed, but the message is clear. One of the continent’s largest investment groups is betting that dollar-backed digital assets could become a core pillar of Africa’s financial future.

AXIAN Group is a major Pan-African infrastructure and services firm operating across 19 countries and 5 core sectors that include:

Telecoms

Energy

Finance

Real Estate

Fintech

With over 9,200 employees, the group generated a $2.75 billion global revenue in 2024. AXIAN Telecom is notably the 6th largest mobile operator on the continent, serving more than 44 million customers. The company has invested over $1 billion into its operations as of this writing.

At the heart of Hamilton’s strategy is USDh, a dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by US government bonds. On paper, it sounds technical. In practice, it’s much simpler: users can hold a digital dollar that not only preserves value but also generates returns.

That distinction matters.

Traditional stablecoins like USDT and USDC have gained traction by offering a way to hold dollars digitally. But Hamilton believes that alone is no longer sufficient. The company aims to turn the digital dollar into an active financial tool, one that allows users not just to protect their savings, but to grow them.

USDh achieves this by embedding the returns from the underlying government bonds directly into the asset. A user in Accra, Kigali, or Johannesburg can hold USDh and earn yield passively, even without access to a bank account, a dollar account, or global investment platforms.

But as Mo Kasstawi understands, technology alone rarely drives change. Infrastructure does.

That’s why Hamilton isn’t just launching a stablecoin. It’s building the rails behind it.

Through a single API, the company enables fintechs, digital wallets, exchanges, and OTC desks to integrate USDh directly into their offerings. Startups can roll out dollar wallets, cross-border payments, or yield-bearing savings products without spending years building the underlying systems.

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Hamilton has yet to disclose its partners, but its approach is clear: meet demand where it already exists. Across Africa, people are already using informal channels to store value in dollars – cash savings, foreign accounts, and peer-to-peer crypto transfers. Hamilton’s goal is to formalise that demand within trusted, compliant financial products.

That compliance layer is critical.

Africa’s experience with crypto has often been shaped by regulatory uncertainty, skepticism, and the fallout from overhyped ventures. Hamilton is positioning itself differently. Its focus is not speculation, but utility – building infrastructure that fintechs can realistically deploy at scale.

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For AXIAN, this marks its second investment in stablecoin infrastructure. The firm sees stablecoins not as a niche innovation, but as a natural evolution of mobile money — the next layer in Africa’s financial stack.

That thesis is compelling. Mobile money has transformed the continent by digitising local currencies. Stablecoins could do the same for dollars.

However, it is not just creating another digital asset but also about what happens when people who have long been excluded from stable financial systems finally gain access to one.

While this vision is driven and starts in Africa, it doesn’t end there. The company is already looking toward the Middle East, Latin America, and Southeast Asia – regions where similar challenges like

inflation,

currency instability, and

limited banking access

have created similar demand for reliable dollars.

For Mo Kasstawi, Africa is just the beginning.

The broader ambition is far bigger: a global dollar network designed for the millions that works in their favor.

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Argentina has moved to block Polymarket, the leading prediction markets, nationwide arguing that the platform operates less like a financial tool and more like an unlicensed online betting service.

The decision came from a Buenos Aires court which ordered regulators to restrict access to the platform across the country. Authorities also instructed internet providers to block the site and asked major app stores to remove its mobile applications.

Gambling, Not ‘Prediction’

At the center of the crackdown is a simple legal argument: users are staking money on uncertain future events.

Regulators applied what they call an “economic reality” test focusing on how people actually use the platform rather than how it is branded.

Their conclusion: betting on outcomes like inflation data, elections, or global events closely resembles traditional gambling.

This classification places Polymarket outside Argentina’s legal framework where gambling platforms must be licensed and tightly regulated.

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Authorities also pointed to major gaps in user protection. These included:

Limited identity and age verification

Potential access by minors

Use of crypto and credit card payments without strict oversight

Officials argued that these shortcomings exposed users to financial and legal risks, strengthening the case for enforcement.

Polymarket’s markets tied to Argentina’s inflation data intensified scrutiny.

Regulators flagged suspicious activity including sudden shifts in predictions shortly before official economic figures were released. This raised fears of

insider information,

market manipulation, and

the monetization of sensitive national data.

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Authorities in #Israel have arrested and charged two people, a military reservist and a civilian, for allegedly using classified information to place bets on the prediction market,…

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The ban highlights a deeper global tension: are prediction markets financial tools, or just a new form of betting?

While some jurisdictions are exploring ways to regulate them as financial instruments, Argentina has taken a stricter approach grouping them with gambling and shutting them out entirely.

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The move also reflects growing pressure from local gaming authorities who argue that platforms like Polymarket operate outside established rules while competing with licensed operators.

Argentina’s action signals that rapid growth and global reach won’t shield crypto platforms from local laws.

For prediction markets, the message is clear:

Compliance with gambling and financial regulations is unavoidable

User protection standards will be a key battleground

National regulators are willing to block access entirely if rules aren’t met

As more countries examine the space, Polymarket’s clash with Argentina may be a preview of wider regulatory pushback ahead.

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Brasil telah mengesahkan undang-undang anti-geng yang luas yang memungkinkan pihak berwenang untuk menyita dan melikuidasi cryptocurrency yang terkait dengan aktivitas kriminal dengan hasil yang dialihkan untuk mendanai operasi polisi.

Ditandatangani menjadi undang-undang oleh Presiden Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Kerangka Hukum untuk Memerangi Kejahatan Terorganisir, yang juga dikenal sebagai Undang-Undang Raul Jungmann, memperluas kekuasaan yudisial untuk membekukan, menyita, dan bahkan menjual aset digital selama penyelidikan – tidak hanya setelah hukuman.

Pengadilan sekarang dapat mengizinkan likuidasi awal crypto yang disita untuk menghindari kerugian dari volatilitas pasar dan dengan cepat mengalirkan dana ke upaya keamanan publik.

A European Central Bank (ECB) working paper has challenged one of DeFi’s core narratives concluding that decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are far less decentralized than they claim.

The study examined governance structures across major DeFi protocols and found that token ownership and voting power are heavily concentrated among a small group of actors. In some cases, the top 100 holders controlled more than 80% of governance tokens, undermining the idea of broadly distributed control.

Less than 1% of Members on Most DAOs Have 90% Voting Power, Says Latest Chainalysis Report

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Voting dynamics appear even more centralized.

The report notes that governance decisions are often dominated by a handful of delegates with top voters controlling large portions of decision-making power. In certain protocols, a small group accounts for the vast majority of votes while many participants remain inactive or unidentified.

These findings raise questions about whether DAOs can truly operate without central authority. While DeFi promotes community-led governance, the reality, according to the ECB, is closer to power consolidation among insiders, large token holders, and intermediaries like exchanges.

The implications extend beyond theory. If DAOs are not ‘fully decentralized,’ they may fall within the scope of regulations such as the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, which excludes only genuinely decentralized systems.

 

The report says:

As already highlighted, it seems that DAOs often only claim to be decentralised.

 

The paper goes on to highlight the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority on the suggested principles to better understand when a DAO could be considered decentralized.

 

 

These principles are:

No identifiable controlling legal entity – A service is only “fully decentralised” if no legal person or entity controls the activity. If a company can be identified as having control, the activity is not decentralised and falls under regulation.

Control over the service is the decisive factor – The assessment focuses on who actually controls the regulated activity, not just who provides access. Simply offering an interface or gateway does not automatically mean control of the underlying service.

Decentralisation must exist across the full value chain – To qualify as decentralised, no single party should control key components, including smart contracts, protocol governance, execution of transactions, and access points (interfaces, APIs). If control exists at any critical layer, the system may be considered partially decentralised (CeDeFi) instead of fully DeFi.

Use of smart contracts is not enough – Just using blockchain or smart contracts does not make a system decentralised. If a legal entity deploys, controls, or can modify the smart contracts, then the activity is not fully decentralised.

Ongoing ability to influence or intervene matters – If any party can upgrade contracts, pause the system,and change parameters, then that indicates centralised control. True decentralisation requires no unilateral intervention power.

Governance must be genuinely distributed – Decision-making should not be concentrated in a founding team, a foundation, or a small group of token holders. Governance mechanisms must reflect real dispersion of power, not just formal structures.

Access should not depend on a central intermediary – Users should be able to interact with the system directly on-chain. If access depends on a company-run frontend, or controlled infrastructure, this weakens decentralisation.

Distinction between CeFi, CeDeFi, and DeFi – The document emphasizes a spectrum:

> CeFi → fully controlled by a legal entity

> CeDeFi → partially decentralised but still controlled

> DeFi → no controlling entity at all

Only the last category qualifies as outside MiCA scope

 

Ultimately, the paper suggests that DeFi governance may resemble traditional finance more than its branding implies raising fresh concerns about transparency, accountability, and how regulators should approach the sector.

Less than 1% of Members on Most DAOs Have 90% Voting Power, Says Latest Chainalysis Report

 

 

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Kanada telah bergerak untuk melarang donasi cryptocurrency dalam kampanye pemilihan dengan memperkenalkan undang-undang baru yang mencerminkan langkah serupa yang baru-baru ini diambil di Inggris.

Jika disetujui, larangan tersebut akan berlaku secara luas di seluruh sistem politik.

Undang-undang yang diusulkan, yang dikenal sebagai ‘Undang-Undang Pemilihan yang Kuat dan Bebas’ (Bill C-25), akan melarang partai politik, kandidat, dan pengiklan pihak ketiga menerima donasi kripto dengan alasan bahwa aset tersebut sulit dilacak dan dapat digunakan untuk menyembunyikan sumber dana.

Kalshi, a leading prediction markets platform, has secured regulatory approval to offer margin trading, a move that could help the firm attract hedge funds and other professional investors as prediction markets push further into mainstream finance.

The approval follows the registration of its affiliate, Kinetic Markets LLC, as a futures commission merchant with the National Futures Association, allowing users to open positions without posting the full value of a contract.

Margin trading is expected to improve capital efficiency and make the platform more appealing to institutional traders, a segment that has largely stayed on the sidelines due to the lack of leverage tools.

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Kalshi, which operates a federally regulated marketplace for event-based derivatives, has been seeking to expand its product suite and deepen liquidity as competition grows and Wall Street interest in prediction markets rises.

The focus on institutional investors is deliberately strategic. Institutional participants such as hedge funds and trading firms typically require:

robust legal frameworks

clear custody solutions

advanced trading mechanisms like margin

Kalshi aims to attract this institutional liquidty and more sophisticated trading strategies, such as margin trading, with increased institutional participation, by offering these services.

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Under an ‘integrity protection’ memorandum of understanding, #MLB and the #CFTC will share information and coordinate #oversight to prevent market #manipulation and protect game… pic.twitter.com/MYOLpkrBcn

— BitKE (@BitcoinKE) March 20, 2026

The broader impact of institutional focus could be substantial as it could bridge the gap betwen speculative event trading and traditional finance derivatives thus encouraging other platforms to seek similar regulatory clarity. Historical futures markets data shows a correlation between the introduction of regulated margin trading and increased trading volumes.

Prediction markets have historically operated in a regulatory grey area.

Kalshi had already set a regulatory precedent by being a designated contract market for event contracts. However, this latest regulatory approval of this model is a novel development as other crypto-native entities have pursued similar paths but for different asset classes like Bitcoin and Ether futures.

The margin product is expected to launch first for institutional users though a timeline has not been publicly disclosed.

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Bitcoin miners are increasingly pivoting toward artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing selling off their bitcoin holdings to fund the transition as mining economics deteriorate.

According to a recent report, listed mining firms could generate up to 70% of their revenue from AI by 2026, up from roughly 30% today.

The shift is being driven by falling mining profitability. Rising production costs, estimated at around $80,000 per bitcoin, now exceed market prices forcing miners to seek more stable and higher-margin revenue streams.

This is not sustainable. In fact, a sustained low price is expected to trigger larger capitulations that in turn lowers mining difficulty thereby benefiting survivors.

To finance the transition, mining companies are selling significant portions of their bitcoin reserves and taking on debt. Public miners have collectively reduced their holdings by more than 15,000 BTC, with firms like Core Scientific and Riot Platforms offloading large amounts to fund AI infrastructure and data center expansion.

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The move comes as AI and high-performance computing contracts across the sector surpass $70 billion, offering more predictable income compared to the volatile returns of crypto mining. Some miners are now effectively operating as data center providers with bitcoin mining becoming a secondary business line.

However, the transition raises concerns for the bitcoin network. A sustained shift away from mining could impact network security and reduce hashrate which has already declined from late-2025 levels alongside multiple downward difficulty adjustments.

The #hashrate data already reflects this.

The network peaked at approximately 1,160 exahashes per second in early October 2025 and has since declined to roughly 920 EH/s, with three consecutive negative difficulty adjustments, the first such streak since July 2022.

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Still, markets are rewarding the pivot. Mining firms with AI exposure are increasingly viewed as more attractive investments as the industry evolves from pure-play crypto mining toward broader digital infrastructure and compute services.

It is very likely that the current mining sector will look very different from the past decade as the transition accelerates, largely disrupted by AI.

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Morgan Stanley sedang mempersiapkan untuk meluncurkan dana yang diperdagangkan di bursa Bitcoin spot yang harganya hanya 0,14%, mengalahkan pesaing biaya rendah yang ada dan berpotensi memicu perang biaya baru di sektor ini, menurut pengajuan regulasi baru-baru ini.

Biaya yang diusulkan, setara dengan 14 basis poin, akan lebih rendah daripada pemimpin pasar saat ini seperti

Trust Mini Bitcoin Grayscale pada 0,15% dan

Trust Bitcoin iShares BlackRock pada 0,25%,

menjadikannya ETF Bitcoin spot termurah jika disetujui.

Pengajuan tersebut, yang diserahkan kepada Komisi Sekuritas dan Bursa AS, menandakan pergeseran Morgan Stanley dari mendistribusikan produk kripto menjadi menerbitkan produk sendiri, memanfaatkan jaringan manajemen kekayaannya yang luas untuk merebut pangsa pasar.

CEO Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, mengatakan stablecoin dapat mewakili momen terobosan untuk industri cryptocurrency, membandingkan dampak potensial mereka terhadap adopsi bisnis dengan ChatGPT dalam kecerdasan buatan.



Berbicara kepada FOX Business, Garlinghouse mengatakan eksekutif di perusahaan-perusahaan besar semakin banyak bertanya kepada tim keuangan bagaimana mengintegrasikan stablecoin ke dalam operasi, menandakan meningkatnya minat institusional.

“Anda memiliki dewan direksi dan CEO perusahaan, apakah itu Fortune 500 atau Fortune 2000, mereka bertanya kepada bendahara mereka, mereka bertanya kepada CFO mereka, ‘apa yang kami lakukan dengan stablecoin.’

Pengadilan Federal Australia telah menjatuhkan denda 10 juta dolar Australia ($6,9 juta) kepada cabang derivatif lokal Binance setelah perusahaan mengaku mengalami kegagalan dalam proses onboarding klien yang meluas yang mengekspos investor ritel pada produk kripto berisiko tinggi tanpa perlindungan yang tepat.

Pengadilan Federal menemukan bahwa Komisi Sekuritas dan Investasi Australia (ASIC) mengidentifikasi bahwa lebih dari 85% basis klien Binance Australia telah diklasifikasikan secara keliru.

Dari 524 pengguna,

460 investor ritel yang diklasifikasikan secara keliru sebagai memenuhi Uji Investor Sophisticated

Tether telah melibatkan KPMG untuk melakukan audit keuangan independen penuh pertamanya, menandai langkah besar menuju transparansi yang lebih besar bagi penerbit stablecoin terbesar di dunia, menurut beberapa laporan.

Audit yang lama ditunggu-tunggu akan mencakup neraca perusahaan, termasuk

cadangan yang mendukung token USDT-nya

kontrol internal,

tata kelola dan

sistem kepatuhan,

beralih dari pernyataan berkala yang telah diandalkan Tether selama bertahun-tahun.

PwC juga telah dilibatkan untuk membantu mempersiapkan sistem internal dan proses pelaporan Tether menjelang tinjauan, kata sumber.

Saat Afrika Selatan berupaya untuk memperdalam inklusi keuangan, tidak perlu memulai dari awal. Di seluruh Global Selatan, negara-negara seperti Brasil (dengan PIX) dan India (dengan UPI) telah membangun model yang kuat untuk memperluas akses ke layanan keuangan dengan menawarkan pelajaran praktis tentang bagaimana kebijakan, infrastruktur, dan inovasi dapat bekerja sama untuk menjangkau populasi yang kurang terlayani.

Afrika Selatan (dengan PayShap), meskipun memiliki salah satu sistem keuangan paling maju di benua ini, masih menghadapi paradoks: penetrasi perbankan tinggi di atas kertas, tetapi eksklusi yang terus menerus dalam praktik. Jutaan orang tetap kurang terlayani karena akses yang tidak merata terhadap kredit, konektivitas, dan alat keuangan yang terjangkau.

Kenya is moving to tighten oversight of its fast-growing crypto sector with new draft rules proposing steep entry requirements for stablecoin issuers and other virtual asset firms.

Under proposals released by the National Treasury, companies looking to issue stablecoins would be required to:

Hold a minimum paid-up capital of KES 500 million (about $3.85 million), one of the highest thresholds in the framework.

Hold capital equivalent to 100% of current liabilities for 30 days minimum.

Not issue or grant interest related to stablecoins.

For tokenized asset offerings, issuers will need:

Capital requirements of ~$1.5 million in paid-up capital

Liquid capital of ~$310,000

The draft regulations aim to formalise the country’s digital asset market, strengthen consumer protection, and address concerns raised by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which has pushed for stricter oversight of crypto activity in high-usage markets like Kenya.

Beyond capital requirements, stablecoin issuers would need to fully back their tokens with high-quality liquid assets such as cash or bank deposits. These reserves must be segregated from company funds, held with approved custodians, and readily available for redemption at all times.

The rules also introduce disclosure obligations similar to capital markets prospectuses. Issuers would be required to publish detailed white papers outlining their operations, governance, risk factors, and how user funds are managed, with company directors held accountable for the accuracy of this information.

Regulatory oversight will depend on how the assets are used: stablecoins functioning as payment instruments would fall under the Central Bank of Kenya, while tokenised real-world assets classified as investments would be supervised by the Capital Markets Authority.

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While the framework could boost trust and institutional participation, it may also raise barriers to entry. Smaller startups could struggle to meet capital, compliance, and liquidity requirements, potentially leaving the market dominated by banks and well-capitalised global players.

Industry stakeholders have until April 2026 to submit feedback, with some already advocating for a tiered approach that would ease requirements for smaller projects while maintaining stricter standards for large-scale issuers.

REGULATION | ~50 Virtual Asset Firms Looking to Set up Regional HQs in Kenya, Says Nairobi International Finance Center (NIFC)

 

 

 

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The United Kingdom (UK) has imposed sweeping sanctions on Xinbi, a major crypto-linked black market, as part of a broader crackdown on global scam networks tied to Southeast Asia.

Announced by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the measures target Xinbi – described as a Chinese-language online marketplace facilitating fraud – as well as individuals and entities connected to large-scale scam operations. Authorities say the platform has enabled the sale of stolen personal data, money laundering services, and communications tools used by criminal networks.

Blockchain analytics estimates suggest Xinbi processed nearly $20 billion in transactions between 2021 and 2025, much of it linked to illicit activity.

Under the sanctions, any UK-based assets tied to Xinbi will be frozen and the platform is cut off from the country’s financial system. UK businesses, including banks and crypto firms, are prohibited from providing services, funding, or infrastructure to the network.

 

The government press release reads:

The UK’s sanctions will isolate the platform from the legitimate crypto ecosystem, significantly disrupting its operations by affecting its ability to send and receive cryptocurrency transactions. 

BYEX, another cryptocurrency platform that had been used to launder the proceeds of scams, shut down following the UK’s sanctions last year. 

The crackdown also extends to operators of scam compounds in Cambodia, including those linked to “#8 Park,” a large facility allegedly used to run industrial-scale fraud schemes. These operations have been associated with human trafficking with victims forced to conduct online scams such as fake investment pitches and romance fraud.

Following the UK actions, Cambodia’s government has launched its largest ever crackdown on the scam economy, with local authorities estimating that 2,500 sites have been raided, leading to the closure of hundreds of scam centres and the release of tens of thousands of foreign nationals.

Officials say the goal is to isolate key infrastructure supporting global crypto-enabled scams disrupting both the financial flows and tools that sustain them. Xinbi’s role as a hub for illicit services – including data trading and crypto laundering – has made it a central target in efforts to dismantle what authorities describe as a rapidly growing transnational fraud economy.

The move marks one of the UK’s most significant actions against crypto-enabled crime to date and builds on earlier coordinated efforts with international partners to shut down scam networks and seize illicit assets.

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Diadaptasi dari pos asli yang ditulis oleh Pendiri WellsForAll



Filantropi berbasis blockchain telah berkembang pesat dalam dekade terakhir, menjanjikan untuk membawa transparansi, efisiensi, dan akuntabilitas dalam distribusi bantuan.

Donasi crypto pada tahun 2024 melebihi $1 miliar, menurut statistik terbaru yang menunjukkan momentum, terutama untuk proyek filantropi di seluruh Afrika.

Namun di Afrika, banyak dari inisiatif ini telah berjuang untuk memberikan dampak yang berarti dan berkelanjutan.



Menurut Samuel Owusu-Boadi, Pendiri WellsForAll:

TRM Labs, platform intelijen blockchain terkemuka, telah mengumumkan kemitraan dengan Zepz – grup di balik merek pengiriman digital terkemuka, WorldRemit dan SendWave – untuk mendukung ekspansi global dompet berbasis stablecoin Sendwave bagi komunitas migran dan keluarga mereka.

Integrasi intelijen blockchain TRM akan membantu Zepz mengelola risiko kejahatan keuangan dan meningkatkan penawaran stablecoin-nya saat meluas ke pasar baru.

Meningkatkan akses keuangan melalui stablecoin.

Zepz melayani jutaan orang yang mengirim dana kepada penerima di lebih dari 130 negara dengan lebih dari $17 miliar yang ditransfer untuk pelanggan pada tahun 2025. Mayoritas pelanggan tersebut adalah pekerja migran yang mengirim uang ke rumah setiap bulan untuk mendukung orang-orang terkasih mereka, membantu mereka membayar tagihan, biaya sekolah, dan perawatan medis, sering kali di daerah yang menghadapi volatilitas mata uang atau infrastruktur perbankan yang terbatas.

Pengadilan federal AS di Texas telah membatalkan gugatan yang diajukan oleh seorang pengembang kripto yang mencari perlindungan hukum untuk perangkat lunaknya, yang merupakan kemunduran bagi upaya untuk melindungi alat non-kustodial dari pengawasan regulasi.

Kasus ini, yang diajukan oleh pengembang, Michael Lewellen, meminta putusan deklaratif bahwa perangkat lunak berbasis blockchain miliknya yang disebut Pharos tidak akan dikenakan tuntutan di bawah undang-undang transmisi uang AS.

 

 

Dokumen pengadilan menyatakan:

Lewellen telah menahan diri untuk meluncurkan bisnisnya karena takut akan tuntutan berdasarkan 18 U.S.C. § 1960.

Revolut reported a 57% jump in annual profit as the crypto-friendly financial technology firm benefited from strong growth across its payments, trading and subscription businesses.

Pre-tax profit rose to $2.3 billion in 2025 while revenue climbed 46% to $6 billion, marking the company’s fifth consecutive year of profitability, according to its annual report.

The London-based firm said growth was driven by a broader mix of income streams, including

card payments,

foreign exchange,

wealth products and

premium subscriptions,

with multiple business lines each generating significant revenue contributions.

The firm said 11 business lines generated over $135 million each with licensed banking operations in over 30 markets with the goal of reaching 100 million customers by 2027.

The firm allows users to buy and sell crypto on its platform and its dedicated exchange, Revolut X.

Customer activity also surged during the year, with total balances rising 66% to $67.5 billion and transaction volumes reaching $1.7 trillion. Revolut added around 16 million users, bringing its total customer base to 68.3 million, while business accounts increased to more than 760,000.

The results underscore Revolut’s continued expansion as it scales its global footprint and deepens its product offering beyond crypto trading into a broader suite of financial services.

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Binance, the leading exchange globally, has moved to settle its ongoing tax evasion case with Nigeria’s Federal Government out of court signalling a possible pause in one of the country’s most high-profile crypto legal battles.

The company’s lawyer told the Federal High Court in Abuja that both parties are now exploring an amicable resolution, a position confirmed by government counsel representing the tax authority.

 

The prosecution lawyer, Moses Ideho, a Deputy Director in the Legal Department of the Nigeria Revenue Service (formerly the Federal Inland Revenue Service – FIRS), said Binance had approached the federal service to explore an out-of-court settlement.

“My lord, parties are actually exploring settlement. That is essentially where we are.”

 

The case, which was due to continue trial proceedings, has been adjourned until May 2026 to allow time for settlement discussions.

Binance is facing a four-count charge related to alleged tax evasion, stemming from claims it failed to meet tax obligations while operating in Nigeria. The company has previously pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The legal dispute is part of a broader crackdown by Nigerian authorities on the crypto exchange, which also includes separate allegations of money laundering and a civil suit seeking billions of dollars in damages tied to its operations in the country.

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