The Hong Kong Monetary Authority lists tokenization as a key focus area for 2026, supporting the sustainable and responsible development of digital assets.

Latam Insights: Global Pix, Mercado Libre Ends Token

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, the Central Bank of Brazil mulls taking Pix global, Mercado Libre ends mercado coin, and Pix gets political before Brazil’s presidential elections. Key Takeaways: Braz

Here's what 'cracking' bitcoin in 9 minutes by quantum computers actually means

Google's Quantum AI team said earlier this week that a future quantum computer could derive a bitcoin private key from a public key in roughly nine minutes. The number ricocheted across social media and spooked markets. But, what does it actually mean in practice? Let's start with how bitcoin

OpenAI’s CEO and CFO disagree on the timing of the 2026 IPO, with the CFO excluded from key financial meetings

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he hopes to complete an IPO in the fourth quarter of this year, but CFO Sarah Friar believes the company is not ready and expects it to be in a position by 2026. There are decision conflicts within internal management, and Altman has repeatedly excluded Friar from the process. The company plans to invest more than $600B in cloud servers, with financing mainly coming from Amazon and NVIDIA. At the same time, competition in the market is intensifying, and Anthropic has surpassed OpenAI. The company has already begun preparations for going public and has held preliminary discussions with multiple law firms and investment banks.

The U.S. and Iran discuss a 45-day ceasefire deal, and Trump extends the negotiation deadline to Tuesday night

According to Gate News, the United States, Iran, and regional mediators are discussing a 45-day ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the war. Although the chances of reaching an agreement within 48 hours are low, this is the only opportunity to prevent the conflict from escalating. Trump has extended the original deadline from Monday to Tuesday night, saying the U.S. is engaged in in-depth negotiations with Iran.

Huatai Securities: The U.S. dollar and oil prices have outperformed expectations this year, and the degree of global liquidity easing has been lower than expected

A Haitong Securities research report says that the conflict in the Middle East has gone beyond short-term impacts, causing capital and supply disruptions. Even if the situation improves, the market’s allocation approach will be different from spring. It expects the U.S. dollar and oil prices to perform better than anticipated. It also calls for paying attention to shortages of goods and supply-chain risks, and maintaining a cautious attitude toward market volatility.

The lawyer says the $280 million attack on Drift Protocol may constitute civil negligence

Attorney Ariel Givner said that the 280M-dollar attack incident involving the Drift Protocol, which resulted from failing to follow basic security procedures, could amount to civil negligence. The attacker, after 6 months of planning, used a trusting relationship to steal the developers’ devices; there is already a class-action lawsuit advertisement targeting Drift circulating.