Bullish Aim Sdn Bhd, wholly owned by Malaysian Johor Regent Tunku Ismail (TMJ), officially launched the stablecoin "RMJDT" pegged 1:1 to the ringgit (MYR) on December 9. It is the first ringgit stablecoin in Malaysia to be backed by an official regulatory sandbox, and is 100% backed by cash deposits and short-term Malaysian government bonds.

The telecommunications company Bullish Aim Sdn Bhd, which is wholly owned and personally chaired by Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim (TMJ), the Crown Prince of Johor, Malaysia, officially launched the stablecoin "RMJDT" today (9th), which is pegged 1:1 to the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR). (Previous context: The Central Bank of Malaysia has launched a three-year, three-phase "RWA Tokenization" exploration program) (Background: Malaysian government agencies are strongly supporting Web3 development and fully backing "Malaysia Blockchain Week (MYBW)") The telecommunications company Bullish Aim, which is wholly owned and personally chaired by Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim (TMJ), the Crown Prince of Johor, Malaysia...

According to Deep Tide TechFlow news on November 21, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) disclosed that the U.S. Treasury announced sanctions against former Canadian Olympic athlete Ryan James Wedding and his drug trafficking organization. Wedding was accused of leading an international drug trafficking network, with sanctions involving 9 individuals and 9 entities being placed on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. Notably, the sanctions list includes multiple cryptocurrency addresses, involving various blockchain networks such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Tron, and Solana. The sanctioned individuals include several suspects from Mexico, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Canada, with related entities involved in various industries such as jewelry manufacturing, private security, fuel wholesale, and motorcycle sales.

Tornado Cash: Defender of Privacy or Money Laundering Tool? Tornado Cash, a decentralized mixing protocol running on the Ethereum blockchain, was widely used for its strong privacy protection features, which also made it a thorn in the side of regulators. In August 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a sanctions order placing Tornado Cash on the sanctions list (SDN List), accusing it of being used for Money Laundering, particularly being exploited by the North Korean hacking group Lazarus to process over $1 billion in illegal funds. This marked the first time the U.S. imposed sanctions on an on-chain project, shaking the entire crypto industry. However, on March 21, 2025, things took a turn for the better when the U.S. Department of the Treasury suddenly withdrew the sanctions order and canceled.

On June 27, 2025, Bloomberg reported that SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is considering divesting a minority stake in Cenviro Sdn., which is based in Malaysia and focuses on waste management. According to sources familiar with the situation, the deal could value the company at

CoinVoice has recently learned that, according to Coingecko data, the Solayer Token (LAYER) has fallen by 23.9% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at 2.50 dollars. Solayer is building infiniSVM to scale Solana, which is a hardware-accelerated SVM with a multi-execution cluster architecture that is infinitely scalable through SDN and RDMA connections, achieving 100 Gbps while maintaining atomic state.

Ether Square founder Vitalik Buterin donated 50 Ethercoin (about $170,000) on 12/31 to support the legal fees of Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev. Tornado Cash encountered numerous legal issues with the developers The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury added the mixer Tornado Cash to the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) in August 2022, and accused Tornado Cash of being used by illegal actors such as North Korean hackers to obfuscate illicit sources of funds. Subsequently, the Dutch authorities arrested Tornado Cash developer Alexey.

- Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse criticized the United States for its regulatory uncertainty. Garlinghouse noted that the US lags behind China and other countries in the cryptocurrency sector, and added that European countries such as France or Singapore, and countries in the Asia-Pacific region are more entrepreneurial and in a better position in this area. - Ripple partnered with Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) located within the borders of Malaysia. PayNet has agreed with Ripple to conduct blockchain-based payments with financial institutions in the US, Saudi Arabia, UK, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates via RippleNet. - Ripple continues its collaboration with SBI Ripple Asia, a subsidiary of major Japanese bank consortium SBI, to increase the use of XRP in the Asia-Pacific region. The company has also signed an agreement with Cassava Smartech in Thailand. As a result of this agreement, Ripple's payment technologies will be used in Thailand, which has a population of 23.6 million.

> These illegal on-chain interactions at Coinbase are clearly visible. It is expected that sooner or later OFAC will need to face this problem and make a decision. This is also a relatively large potential impact on Coinbase and Ethereum. Written by: Aiying According to data from Labrys and Rated Network, since Ethereum switched from proof of work to proof of stake on September 15, 2022, approximately 42% of the block pairs in the Ethereum blockchain are included in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Foreign Assets Control Office of (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN

Tether announced a policy to freeze wallets associated with the OFAC SDN list to strengthen security and compliance efforts. Tether, the company behind the famous stablecoin, has announced a major policy shift in its regulatory compliance and the way it works with law enforcement agencies. In a recent blog post published on December 9, Tether revealed its initiative to freeze wallets associated with individuals or entities on the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. The list includes individuals and companies controlled or owned by sanctioned countries, labeling them as entities with which U.S. individuals and companies are generally prohibited from doing business. Tether ramps up its efforts to crack down on crypto crime Tether's latest policy, effective from December 1, aims to strengthen the security infrastructure surrounding its stablecoin business. Through...

On August 17, 2023, despite the support of giants such as Coinbase, a six-person team, including Ethereum core developers and Coinbase employees, accused the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) of exceeding its authority when it sanctioned Tornado Cash. Failed. The lawsuit is in response to sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on privacy platform Tornado Cash in 2022. Previously, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury put some addresses that interacted with the Tornado Cash protocol or related Ethereum addresses on the SDN (U.S. Specially Designated Nationals List) sanctions list. After this sanction incident, a large number of DeFi protocols banned the Tornado Cas...