The third edition of Money20/20 Asia drew 4,500+ attendees from 90 countries to Bangkok over April 21-23, marking a 40% jump year on year. Stablecoins, tokenization, CBDCs, and AI dominated the agenda, with senior executives from KASIKORNBANK, Standard Chartered, J.P. Morgan, and DBS Bank attending.
CNB Governor Aleš Michl became the first sitting central bank governor to keynote The Bitcoin Conference, arguing that a 1% Bitcoin allocation could lift portfolio returns without raising risk. The CNB previously bought a $1 million digital asset test portfolio in November 2025.
At Money20/20 Asia 2026 in Bangkok, the lines between traditional finance and DeFi continued to blur. From J.P. Morgan’s blockchain scale to EMURGO’s self custody push, the event revealed a clear shift toward interoperable, user controlled financial systems.
93% of GameFi projects are dead, token values have collapsed 95% from 2022 peaks, and studio funding fell 93% by 2025 — Caladan's report confirms Web3 gaming burned $15 billion chasing speculators while gamers never arrived.
KelpDAO's 1-of-1 bridge verifier was exploited for $292M on April 18. Aave lost $9B in 48 hours. $5B in USDT/USDC locked. $13B DeFi TVL gone. Justin Sun-linked wallet exited $274M in 21 minutes.
Drift Protocol was drained for $285M by North Korean hackers on April 1. Circle didn't freeze $230M in stolen USDC. Now Tether is backing a $148M recovery and Drift relaunches on USDT.
Hong Kong just handed its first stablecoin licences to the same banks that print its banknotes. The HKMA chose HSBC and Standard Chartered's Anchorpoint venture from 36 applicants — a deliberate bet that trusted institutions make the safest foundation for digital money.
Running just 230 TH/s against a 1 ZH/s network, one solo miner found Bitcoin block 943,411 and pocketed 3.139 BTC, $210K, via CKPool. It's the 312th solo win in CKPool's history.
New interpretability research shows internal emotion-like signals causally push the model toward blackmail, reward hacking, and sycophancy — sometimes without any visible trace.
Loughborough University physicists have built a neuromorphic chip that processes AI tasks directly in hardware using brain-like connections — achieving 2,000x lower energy use. Here's what it means for DePIN, on-chain AI agents, and decentralised compute.
Google Quantum AI researchers showed in March 2026 that breaking Bitcoin and Ethereum's ECC encryption requires roughly 20 times fewer computing resources than earlier estimates, potentially exposing 6.9 million BTC in wallets with visible public keys.
The crypto industry is not ignorant of its darker dimensions. Money laundering, terrorism financing, cybercrime, the limits of sovereign regulation,…
Athena Intelligence is moving into one of the world's most complex corporate risk environments, with a local hire and a senior advisory bench that signals serious intent.
Larry Fink says tokenization could do for finance what the internet did to mail — and BlackRock isn't waiting around. With $150B already in digital markets, the world's largest asset manager is building the future it's describing.
Kalshi doubled its valuation to $22B in a single funding round — then got banned in Nevada the same week. As investor money floods in from the top, state regulators are pushing back hard from the ground. The courts will have the final word.
The Kingdom of Bhutan has transferred $72.3 million in Bitcoin, continuing to reduce its national crypto reserves. With holdings dropping from a peak of 13,295 BTC down to roughly 4,400 BTC, market watchers are questioning the future of the nation's sovereign digital asset strategy.
Morgan Stanley is advancing its digital asset strategy, revealing "MSBT" as the ticker for its proposed spot Bitcoin ETF. In a recent SEC filing, the bank disclosed a $1 million seed investment for initial liquidity, with BNY Mellon and Coinbase tapped to support the fund's operations.
The acquisition, disclosed by the company last week, represents Bitmine’s largest ether purchase of the year in token terms. Based on current market prices, the transaction was valued at approximately $140 million.
Recent lawsuits and studies reveal a dark side to AI chatbots. From validating violent obsessions to drafting attack plans, generative AI platforms are increasingly linked to real-world violence, prompting experts to warn of an impending rise in mass casualty events.
India has launched a Virtual Asset Lab under the Financial Intelligence Unit to track offshore crypto exchanges targeting Indian users without regulatory approval. The initiative uses AI monitoring and blockchain analytics to detect non compliant platforms and strengthen enforcement of crypto regulations.
Dogecoin was built as a joke. Jordan Jefferson is betting it becomes the most accessible financial platform in crypto. The CEO of DogeOS spoke to us at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 about building real utility on the world's favourite meme coin, and why the punchline was always the point.
Humanity Protocol ($H) trades 64% below its ATH — but a Mastercard partnership, $50M in institutional backing, and a 2026 governance launch could reshape the decentralized identity narrative. Here's our full $H price prediction from 2026 to 2031.
Jito Foundation's Head of APAC Marc Liew on why crypto's biggest barrier isn't regulation or technology, it's jargon. From JitoSOL's yield model to APAC's institutional shift, here's what the next chapter of mainstream adoption actually looks like.
The company funded the purchase partially through the issuance of STRC, its variable-rate preferred stock, though the majority of capital came from selling common shares.
