Pension fund in Japan allocates 1% to crypto, G7 urges strong action against North Korean hackers who fund its missile program: Asia Express

Chinese man sentenced for stealing 107 Bitcoin after memorizing a seed phrase, Bithumb CEO booked in lawmaker probe, and more.

South Korea lays first charges over a memecoin rug-pull scheme, China's top court seeks to review judicial rules for crypto case. Asia Express

50,000 crypto investors fight back against a new crypto tax in South Korea, and a funeral service company loses $33M on Bitmine. Asia Express

Kraken spends $600 million to acquire a stablecoin card issuer. Hun To admits to owning 30% of Huione Pay but denies operational role. Asia Express.

What crypto hacks? North Korea denies "unfounded" allegations. Upbit's official bank partner to trial remittances with Ripple. Asia Express.

Neo founder proposes giving back 50M tokens, more than 50 crypto projects warned they have been infiltrated by North Korea. Asia Express

Ripple joins Singapore's BLOOM cross-border trade finance sandbox scheme, Bhutan continues its massive Bitcoin sell off: Asia Express

Hong Kong firm Boyaa Interactive plans to buy $70M more Bitcoin and Ether, South Korea may delay 22% crypto tax for a fourth time. Asia Express

Metaplanet invests in Japanese Bitcoin companies. Bithumb handed a six-month suspension. Asia Express

China's new chip boosts blockchain speed 50x. An autonomous agent linked to Alibaba tries to mine Bitcoin. Asia Express

Telegram has narrowly escaped a full scale ban in the Philippines, and the yen carry trade now comes in token form. Asia Express

Bitdeer sells all corporate Bitcoin. SBI to launch corporate bonds as security tokens and reward XRP to investors. Asia Express

Questions raised after Bithumb intern sent 15X more "phantom" Bitcoin to users than it held. Plus, did a Hong Kong fund blow up? Asia Express