BSP Imposes ₱1B Capital Requirement on Local Banks Operating Digital Models

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has required thrift, rural and cooperative banks operating digital banking models to meet a ₱1 billion minimum capital floor and adhere to stricter risk management rules. Under Circular No. 1240, […]

Spain’s Housing Pressure Puts Sánchez’s Election Strategy to the Test

Spanish election Polymarket odds are live after Pedro Sánchez called Spain’s next general election early, in a snap contest for November 29, and Polymarket’s market snapshot put opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo at roughly 80% to become the next prime minister. That price is a trader-implied probability, not a poll result or a guarantee: the […]

Engineer Who Sabotaged Employer for Bitcoin Ransom Gets Prison Time

Key Takeaways Daniel Rhyne was sentenced to 32 months in prison for sabotaging his former employer’s computer systems and attempting to extort the company. Prosecutors said he deleted administrator accounts, changed passwords, and shut down servers using his privileged access. Rhyne demanded about 20 bitcoin, worth roughly $750,000 at the time, in exchange for stopping […]

RCBC Wins Two Digital Banking Recognition Titles at The Asian Banker Philippine Awards 2026

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation secured two major accolades at The Asian Banker Philippine Awards 2026 for its digital financial products catering to Social Security System members and remote workers. The Philippine lender received the award […]

Hyperliquid confirms Singapore base as MAS says it falls outside its remit

Hyperliquid Labs has confirmed its registered headquarters in Singapore, where its roughly 11-person team moved in 2024, while the country’s regulator has said it is unaware of the platform being regulated in any major jurisdiction. Summary Hyperliquid Labs has confirmed Singapore as its registered headquarters and acknowledged its unregulated status. People familiar with MAS’s thinking […]

October Prime Day laptop deals 2026: MacBook Air, Microsoft Surface Laptop 8

Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsBest budget laptop deal (under $1,000)Best MacBook dealBest Microsoft Surface Laptop dealAnother great Windows laptop dealBest gaming laptop dealHow I picked the best October Prime Day laptop dealsFrequently Asked Questions I’ve had a weird year as Mashable’s resident laptop reporter. In recent months, many of the models […]

Cardano News: CIP-0113 Brings Compliance Rules to ADA Tokens

In Cardano news today, the Cardano Foundation has launched CIP-0113, a standard that lets issuers build compliance rules into programmable tokens for regulated stablecoins, funds, and bonds. ADA is down 7.5% over 24 hours amid a broader market drop, trading at $0.254, so this sell-off isn’t necessarily tied to a negative reaction to Cardano’s CIP-0113 […]

Ripple’s RLUSD Targets $13 Trillion Corporate Treasury Market

Ripple is looking to corporate treasury operations as a major growth channel for its RLUSD stablecoin, targeting a network of companies that collectively handle roughly $13 trillion in transactions each year. Jack McDonald, Ripple’s senior vice president of stablecoins, told CoinDesk that the opportunity is closely tied to Ripple Treasury, the company’s corporate treasury-management business […]

The New ChatGPT Is More Show Than Tell

When you ask a chatbot a question, you’ll often get a wall of text back, maybe with an image or two pulled from the web. That may no longer be the case soon as OpenAI overhauls how ChatGPT answers prompts. On Wednesday, OpenAI unveiled an “Intelligent UI” update for ChatGPT that generates visual, custom elements—when […]