Dash Eyes the Philippines: Can Old Payment Coins Still Find Real Merchant Use?

The incident underscores escalating regional tensions and could further strain China-Philippines relations, impacting broader geopolitical dynamics. The post China deploys floating platform at Scarborough Shoal, raising concerns of expanded control appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Dash has begun evaluating the Philippines as a possible destination for its crypto payments business, while placing regulatory compliance at the center of any potential expansion plans. Daria Chernozub, global adoption lead at Dash Blockchain, told attendees at Philippine Blockchain…

Dash is assessing the Philippines for a potential crypto payments push as regulators promote easier business registration, though industry participants say compliant market entry can still take years.

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, Argentina issues tax exemptions to VASPs, Cuba approves reforms to open its economy, and El Salvador keeps adding bitcoin. President Milei Exempts Registered Crypto Exchanges From Argentina’s ‘Cheque Tax’ President Javier Milei has […]

The Philippine SEC has increased its focus on tokenization due to the growing interest in blockchain financial products. The regulators are currently making use of StratBox to test new digital asset services in a regulated way. During the Philippine Blockchain Week 2026, the SEC Commissioner feels confident that tokenized assets

The administration of Javier Milei has issued an executive order establishing exemptions to the 1.2% tax affecting money flows involving VASPs. The measure directly benefits users, who will now save these funds when depositing (or withdrawing) fiat funds from VASPs. Crypto Tax Exemption Executive Order Levels The Financial Playing Field in Argentina Argentina has taken […]

The European Union has approved anti-money laundering rules that will ban regulated crypto firms from supporting privacy coins while leaving direct Bitcoin transfers between private wallets outside the scope of mandatory identification requirements. According to Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, which will…

Key takeaways XMR is down 2% and could record further losses in the near term The Fed’s hawkishness weighs on the broader crypto market. Privacy coins remain under pressure amid weak risk appetite Monero (XMR) continued its downward trajectory on Friday as bearish sentiment persisted across the cryptocurrency market.  XMR slipped for a third consecutive […] The post Monero extends losses as Fed hawkishness weighs on the crypto market appeared first on CoinJournal.