Hydra is popular among cyber criminals seeking hacking tools and money laundering services and looking to trade in stolen data and drugs

The so-called China UnionPay process allowed "international patrons to access funds in order to gamble at Crown Melbourne", evading Chinese currency restrictions.

Chinese exports to Russia have been buffeted as the rouble swings in value, clear evidence of the effect Western sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine are having in China

Bullock is an assistant governor at the Reserve Bank of Australia responsible for the bank's financial stability and has an oversight of the payments system.

Pili International Multimedia, which makes Taiwan's longest-running television show, says it wants to use NFTs as another source of revenue

India and Russia have finalised a rupee-rouble payment mechanism to get around western sanctions because of the war in Ukraine, according to industry sources.

GoTo, formed last year by the merger of Gojek and Tokopedia, surprised some investors when it launched its IPO process earlier this month

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set to fly to India this week, sources said, amid talk that Moscow wants to boost trade and payment systems because of sanctions over Ukraine

Thailand's central bank said on Friday it is planning new policy guidelines for the banking sector, including virtual banks and open banking, for later this year

While the BOJ had made no decision yet whether to issue its own digital currency, its governor told parliament it was proceeding with experiments

Business operators must not provide crypto payment services and are barred from acting in a manner that promotes the use of digital assets

Project Dunbar is jointly led by the BIS Innovation Hub, the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank Negara Malaysia, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the South African Reserve Bank