Thailand has introduced a five-year exemption on capital gains tax for cryptocurrencies from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029, aiming to become a regional crypto hub. Rob Hamilton, founder of the Bitcoin Red Team, says he has been forced to rely on Chinese open-source AI models after being restricted from analyzing codebases by OpenAI, calling for qualified defenders to access frontier AI capabilities. On-chain transaction volume across the APAC region grew by 68% year-on-year from $1.4 trillion to $2.36 trillion, driven mainly by Southeast Asia. Bybit secured a US court order to trace assets stolen in the $1.5 billion North Korea-linked hack in February 2025, though 90.2% of the stolen funds have become untraceable.
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