World Coin logo with a banned symbol over a map of Thailand

World Coin Thailand Ban: Government Orders Data Deletion and Operations Halt

The World Coin Thailand project faces a complete shutdown. Thai regulators have officially banned the controversial iris-scanning initiative. This decisive action mandates the immediate deletion of all collected data and a full stop to its activities within the country. The World Coin Thailand operation, which gathered over 1.2 million records, violated national data protection laws by offering cryptocurrency in…

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Chart showing the growing market capitalization of stablecoins as a percentage of U.S. Treasury Bills.

Stablecoins: From Crypto Periphery to Financial Mainstream, Powered by Regulation and $28T in Volume

Stablecoins were designed to be the bridge between two worlds: offering the high-speed, low-cost, and decentralized nature of cryptocurrency with the price stability of traditional assets like the U.S. dollar. For years, however, they have operated on the fringes of mainstream finance, hindered largely by regulatory uncertainty. That era is now ending. The recent passage…

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