SoftBank announced it will roll out a satellite direct-to-cell phone service in partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink, aiming to improve disaster communications and coverage in remote areas. Japan’s three major telecom carriers all entered this market, while Rakuten chose to partner with AST SpaceMobile to provide voice calling features. A new dimension of market competition will revolve around the sense of connection security, and it will affect where investors focus their attention.

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Taiwan Mobile announced at MWC World Mobile Communications Conference that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AST SpaceMobile to introduce "direct-to-satellite mobile" technology, allowing standard smartphones to connect directly to satellites in remote areas or during disasters, enhancing communication resilience and strengthening Taiwan's communication services, moving towards a global connectivity vision.

The founder and former CEO of the Turkish crypto assets exchange Thodex, Faruk Fatih Ozer, was found dead in a single cell of the F-Type High Security Closed Prison in Tekirdağ. Authorities stated that during an inspection, Ozer was found hanging in the bathroom, with preliminary reports indicating that suicide was likely the cause of death. Ozer was sentenced to 11,196 years in prison for multiple offenses.

The founder and former CEO of the collapsed crypto assets exchange Thodex, Faruk Fatih Ozer, has been found dead in a single cell in the high-security F-type prison in Tekirdağ, Turkey. Ozer had previously been sentenced to a historic 11,196 years in prison on multiple charges, and his death marks the end of one of Turkey's largest crypto assets scandals involving investor losses exceeding 356 million Turkish lira (approximately 12.5 million USD). Authorities have launched a formal investigation into his death, with preliminary reports indicating suicide.

Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder of Thodex exchange, was found dead in his cell at the maximum security Tekirdağ F-Type prison, according to GDH Digital. Initial suspicions suggested he committed suicide, but the official cause is still under investigation. Thodex, established in 2017, was once a leading exchange in Turkey.