🎯 Crypto Regulations in Malaysia 2025 — Summary

📌 Malaysia: crypto legal to own, not legal tender; classified as securities (2019 Order, 2025 amendment).

🏛️ Regulators: SC (issuance/exchanges/IEO); BNM (payments and systemic risk).

🧩 2025 Updates: BNM WP3/2025 (BTC/XRP as payment); SC CP 3/2025 (DAX rules and listings).

🪪 Licenses: Issuer, IEO Operator, Digital Asset Custodian; Licensed DAX: Luno, Sinegy, Tokenize, MX Global, Hata.

💼 Taxes: capital gains not taxed for occasional investment; trading/mining/services taxed 0–30%.

📈 Adoption: ~12.8% (≈4.7M users); revenue $484M (2025) → $502M (2026).

🧭 Key: crypto-friendly approach with strict AML/KYC; push for tokenized assets and custody.

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🏎 Ferrari now accepts Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) as payment methods in the U.S. and Europe . 🇪🇺

💳 Integration : Through crypto processors (instant conversion → EUR/USD).

🌍 Scope : For new car orders and selected dealerships .

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🏦 Fed's Daly: Rate cuts are possible but depend on data

🔎 The president of the San Francisco Fed, Mary Daly, stated that rate cuts remain on the table, but the timing will depend on inflation and the labor market.

📊 Daly emphasized that the Fed must be “resolute but not rigid”, anticipating a cautious tone ahead of Powell's speech at Jackson Hole.

💡 Markets estimate an 84% probability of a cut in September, although officials insist the decision will be data-dependent.

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🚨 Gemini seeks IPO on Nasdaq despite $282M losses in 2025

📈 Filed S-1 to list on Nasdaq as GEMI; underwriters: Goldman Sachs, Citi, Morgan Stanley, Cantor.

💸 1H 2025: $68.6M revenue vs $282.5M losses; revenue declines, losses widen.

🧰 Funds intended for general corporate purposes and debt repayment.

🧭 Context: after the $1B IPO of Circle and Bullish’s exit; Gemini would be the third exchange listed in the U.S. after Coinbase.

🧩 Winklevoss moves: ties with Trump administration, investment in American Bitcoin, and self-custody wallet with gasless tx and social recovery.

🧠 Key: bet on mass adoption, ETFs tailwinds, and clarity of the GENIUS Act despite heavy losses.

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🚨 Grayscale Files Spot Dogecoin ETF (GDOG)

📌 Filed S-1 with the SEC; listing planned on NYSE Arca.

🛡️ Custody with Coinbase Custody Trust; passive vehicle (no leverage/derivatives); creation/redemption in baskets of 10,000 shares.

🐕 DOGE +2.5% after announcement (≈ $0.22395 → $0.22976); breaks the week’s sideways movement.

⚠️ Risks: volatility, regulatory uncertainty, and competition from other crypto assets.

🏁 ETF race: Bitwise and REX‑Osprey have also filed; the SEC delayed decisions on SOL/DOGE (21Shares). Analysts: the SEC limits are being tested with memecoins.

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🚨 Ether Staking Withdrawal Queue Reaches $3.8B — What It Means

📊 877,106 ETH (~$3.8B) in queue, waiting 15 days; led by Lido, EthFi, Coinbase.

📈 Reserves + ETFs rise 140% since May 1 to 10,008,263 ETH, cushioning selling pressure.

🛡️ Key level: $4,200 — below which, ~$1.2B in longs at risk; supports at $4,100–$3,900.

🧩 Part of the unstaking could rotate into future ETH staking ETFs; institutional flows lead.

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🔓 Top 7 Desbloqueos de Tokens – Esta Semana

🚀 $ZRO – $51.91M

🚀 $KAITO – $18.50M

🚀 $ZK – $11.10M

🚀 $PLUME – $10.24M

🚀 $APE – $9.62M

🚀 $ERA – $6.89M

🚀 $MELANIA – $4.82M

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🚨 FBI Alert: Fake Law Firms Target Crypto Victims

⚠️ Scammers impersonate law firms for crypto recovery, cite fake regulators, and clone bank websites.

🏠 Targets: elders and people already scammed; may ask to open new accounts on fake sites.

🛡️ Action: apply zero trust — verify identities, agencies, and domains before responding.

📈 Note: this is the 3rd alert since 2023 — scams are increasingly sophisticated.

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Tax-Free Crypto 2025

🌍 5 countries where crypto is tax-free in 2025:

🇰🇾 Cayman Islands — No income, capital gains, or corporate taxes.

🇦🇪 UAE — 0% taxes in all emirates + clear regulation (VARA, ADGM).

🇸🇻 El Salvador — Bitcoin is legal tender; no capital gains; building Bitcoin City.

🇩🇪 Germany — Hold for 12+ months = 0% taxes; gains < €1,000 exempt.

🇵🇹 Portugal — Long-term gains tax-free; NHR favors expatriates.

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🔥 Shiba Inu burn rate rises 48,247% — $12M secured for new blockchain

🧨 85.8M $SHIB burned in 24h

📈 The momentum aims to break $0.0000155

💰 The team secures $12M for new blockchain

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⚖️ US Treasury Evaluates Digital Identity in DeFi

🔍 Studying integration of digital identity verification in DeFi smart contracts under the GENIUS Act.

💡 Goal: incorporate KYC/AML controls on the blockchain and reduce compliance costs.

🧩 Tools: government IDs, biometrics, portable credentials, plus APIs/AI and on-chain analytics.

⚠️ Challenges: data privacy and balancing innovation with regulation.

🗓️ Public comments until October 17, 2025 → report to Congress and possible guidelines/rules.

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🪙 What happens when the 21 million BTC are mined?

⏳ Around 2140, the block rewards run out — the network relies on fees.

🏦 Institutional adoption can sustain volume and security with more transactions.

⚡ Layer 2 (e.g., Lightning) provides scalability, lower costs, and more usage.

📉 Risks: a fee-only model is cyclical — innovation and governance help.

🧭 Conclusion: after 2140, BTC lives on with fees + institutions + Layer 2.

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🚨 Weekly Crypto Summary: 3 Catalysts (Aug 18–22, 2025)

📌 Geopolitics: Trump–Zelensky meeting; progress toward peace may boost risk appetite.

📈 Fed/Powell: Minutes (Wed.) + speech at Jackson Hole (Fri.). Dovish = momentum; hawkish = volatility.

📊 PMI (Thu.): Manufacturing and Services readings from S&P = early signals that could move the market.

💡 Market now: BTC ~ $115K, ETH ~ $4,345; mixed alts (XRP, SOL ↓; LINK, XMR ↑).

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🇭🇰 CMB International Securities lanza trading cripto 24/7 en Hong Kong

🔥 CMBI, filial del China Merchants Bank, lanzó un servicio de trading cripto 24/7 para clientes institucionales.

📊 La plataforma permite operar con BTC, ETH y altcoins principales, con alta liquidez y cumpliendo el marco regulatorio cripto de Hong Kong.

👀 Este paso convierte a CMBI en uno de los primeros gigantes financieros chinos en ofrecer un trading de activos digitales regulado 24/7.

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🇯🇵 Japan's FSA will approve the first stablecoin linked to the yen (JPYC)

⚠️ This fall, the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) will officially approve JPYC, the first stablecoin denominated in yen.

📊 Issued under new regulations, JPYC aims to boost digital payments, remittances, and international settlements.

🏦 Japan takes a key step towards stablecoin adoption, offering a regulated alternative to dollar-backed tokens.

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⚠️ MetaPlanet acquires 775 BTC and now holds nearly $2B in Bitcoin

🔥 The Japanese MetaPlanet, known as the “MicroStrategy of Asia,” bought 775 BTC valued at ~ $89M.

💰 With this purchase, its total BTC reserves reach ≈ $1.95B (16,558 BTC).

📊 MetaPlanet has been aggressively accumulating BTC in 2025, following MicroStrategy’s strategy.

👀 The company states that Bitcoin is its primary reserve asset against inflation and yen weakness.

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⚠️ ETH faces selling pressure due to record unstaking queue

🔥 The validator exit queue reached a record 855,158 ETH (~$3.7B), raising fears of selling pressure.

📊 It will take 15 days to clear the queue due to network stability limits.

☄️ Analyst Juan Leon warns that leveraged staking operations are no longer profitable, forcing traders to sell ETH and impacting DeFi protocols.

💡 Although massive unstaking does not guarantee a collapse, it acts as a steady flow of new supply that puts downward pressure on the price.

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🏦 The Jackson Hole Meeting Puts the Spotlight on Digital Assets

📉 Crypto markets are under pressure awaiting signals from the Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole symposium.

🔑 Key point: Jerome Powell's speech, which could influence expectations of future rate cuts.

⚡ Analysts warn: a dovish tone would boost Bitcoin and Ethereum, while a hawkish tone could cause volatility.

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🇰🇷 Jeju targets tax evaders with cryptocurrencies

💰 Authorities in Jeju City launch an offensive against tax evasion through crypto assets.

📊 Undeclared digital assets will be investigated, collaborating with exchanges to track wallets and enforce the law.

⚖️ They say cryptos are used to hide wealth; part of a national push for tax supervision over digital assets.

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⚠️ XRP Analysis: Bulls in Trouble

🥏 XRP fell below a key support and is at risk of further declines.

💡 Analysts warn that bulls must quickly reclaim the $0.53–$0.55 zone to avoid deeper corrections.

🔎 If recovery fails, the price could head to $0.45, while reclaiming $0.55 opens the way to $0.65.

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⚠️ XRP Analysis: Bulls in Trouble

🥏 XRP fell below a key support and is at risk of further declines.

💡 Analysts warn that bulls must quickly reclaim the $0.53–$0.55 zone to avoid deeper corrections.

🔎 If recovery fails, the price could head to $0.45, while reclaiming $0.55 opens the way to $0.65.

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