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Free NewsletterGet the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your InboxBehind the glow of a Telegram chat window, a victim lured by a fake job offer and trafficked into a Southeast Asian scam compound is coerced under violence, running romance scams against strangers half a world away. The wallet collecting the proceeds lies on a public blockchain, and this is just one of the many Southeast Asia crypto scams happening today.This is also one of the uncomfortable intersections Chainalysis maps out in its 2026 Crypto Crime Report. Its data indicates that cryptocurrency flows to suspected human trafficking services…

Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card numbers.  Outsider Enterprise has financially scammed “hundreds of thousands of victims” with losses “estimated in the millions.” The group deployed 9,000 fake websites, one million fraudulent web domains, and 2.5 million texts sent to Android users in a two-week period, according to Google.  The company…

THORChain (RUNE) is restarting. The decentralized cross-chain DEX, paused since May 15 after a $10.7M exploit drained one of its vaults, is rolling out v3.19, its official restart release, with mainnet adoption targeted for the first week of June. RUNE is trading near $0.38–$0.41 at the time of writing, down sharply from pre-exploit levels and -35% over the past 30 days. It has a market cap of roughly $133M, making it the 222nd-largest digital asset. $RUNE is pushing directly into a heavy resistance zone around $0.382–$0.385. This is where rejection risk is high. If bears defend this zone, RUNE can…

When considering LLC ownership, it’s crucial to understand the different types of members involved. You can have single-member LLCs or multi-member structures, each with unique management styles and profit-sharing methods. Members can play active roles or remain passive, contributing capital without handling daily operations. Furthermore, there are founding, minority, and non-voting members, each with specific rights and responsibilities. Exploring these distinctions can clarify how your LLC functions and grows. What will you choose for your business structure? Key Takeaways LLC ownership can be classified as single-member or multi-member, depending on the number of owners involved. Members can be categorized as…

South Korean tech giant LG Electronics is working with the Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum to build a blockchain-based advertising network aimed at serving the digital ad industry. Arbitrum would give advertisers and publishers a shared database of ad inventory and track how customers interact with advertisements, with the company exploring how to bring the service to market this year, Fortune reported on Thursday.“We are evaluating whether this approach can deliver meaningful value to advertisers, publishers and audiences,” said Samuel Byungsun Park, the head of LG Electronics’ blockchain research lab. LG Group’s headquarters is in Seoul, South Korea. Source: Seoul InstituteDigital ad spend…

Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-5 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. tl;dr: The Fusaka upgrade is nearly out the door and we’ll get a very good idea of “wen” this week with the first testnet upgrade going live just a few hours from this post. Glamsterdam headliners have been chosen: enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation and Block-level Access Lists, but small features still have about a week to be proposed for inclusion. Testing teams are looking…

Billions in Bitcoin and stablecoins sit idle while markets tighten. Julian Mezger makes the case for shifting digital treasury from accumulation to deployment.   By Julian Mezger, Co-Founder of Liquidium.     The intelligence layer for fintech professionals who think for themselves. Primary source intelligence. Original analysis. Contributed pieces from the people defining the industry. Trusted by professionals at JP Morgan, Coinbase, BlackRock, Klarna and more. Join the FinTech Weekly Clarity Circle →   Volatility may dominate financial headlines, but the more consequential shift underway across markets is the repricing of capital itself. For much of the past decade, capital…

Posted on June 9, 2026 by steve blank Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad… and How Great Companies Stay Great, by Eric Ries. Every once in a while a book comes along that doesn’t just change your tactical thinking, but makes you see the world in a different way. Reading this book is like taking the red pill in the Matrix.  Some will read this book, think it’s interesting and then get back to figuring out to how get their next big round of funding or how to deal with AI disruption in their large company. But what they’ll miss…

Holding a single-stock portfolio is every so often a unique reality for many company founders, employees who got rich through equity ownership schemes, and heirs of concentrated portfolios. However, there’s significant company-specific risk exposure for such highly concentrated portfolios. Financial advisors often spend a lot of time crafting complex strategies to diversify risks and “liquidate” single-stock portfolios without triggering immediate tax consequences. But what if you aren’t a founder or an heir, and you simply want a low-maintenance, bulletproof investment strategy? If you were forced to choose just one single equity position to buy and hold for the long haul,…

A crypto analyst has stated that the Bitcoin price remains firmly in a bear market, projecting more volatility and pain ahead for the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The expert also noted that BTC has entered the final phase of this bearish stage, a period where the market is expected to reach its lowest levels alongside extreme Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD). In his outlook, the analyst projected a timeline for when Bitcoin could complete its final capitulation move and establish a long-awaited bottom. He has also outlined a likely target range for this projected price floor. Bitcoin To Face More Declines…