AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoCrypto Fraud & Enforcement: A Haverhill man was sentenced to a year in federal prison for cryptocurrency wire fraud, ordered to pay $350,000 in restitution, while the NBI in the Philippines arrested 20 people in a crypto “love scam” and pig-butchering operation. Regulation & Rulemaking: Taiwan’s Executive Yuan passed draft AML amendments that tighten oversight of crypto and stablecoins, and the UK’s FCA is in settlement talks with sanctioned exchange HTX over alleged crypto marketing. On-Chain Finance Infrastructure: Abu Dhabi’s ADX became the first MENA exchange to serve official live market data to major AI tools via a governed protocol, and Deribit spot execution is now routing through Coinbase Exchange after the Deribit deal. Tokenized Markets: Binance bStocks overtook xStocks to become the second-largest tokenized stock issuer at about $610.6M, and OranjeBTC plans a Brazil-listed income ETF (DIGY11) heavily weighted to Strategy’s STRC. Banking Tech Trend: Banks are moving faster on tokenized deposits than stablecoins, with 24 of the largest 50 banks tracking deposit tokens in Q1. Corporate/Fintech Moves: Charles Schwab added direct Bitcoin and Ether trading to its $13T platform, and Avidia Bank unified banking operations on Creatio with 86% employee adoption in six months.
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