According to a report from Jinse Finance, the crypto assets trading platform Bitso has released a latest report indicating that Latin America is experiencing a breakthrough year in the adoption of crypto assets. The Coinchange regulatory report shows that the usage rate of crypto assets in the region is expected to rise by 116% in 2024 and by another 65% in the first half of 2025, with the total number of users now exceeding 57 million. This significant rise is mainly attributed to the improved regulatory environment, the increasingly mature market, and the positive regulatory initiatives in the US and Europe. Brazil has become a regional regulatory leader with the enactment of Law No. 14,478 in 2022, establishing a comprehensive encryption framework; Chile has laid the foundation for digital assets through the 2023 Fintech Law; Mexico's 2018 Fintech Law is one of the earliest regulatory frameworks in the world to officially recognize virtual assets. Bitso's Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Felipe Vallejo stated that now is the time to build a modern and flexible

Gate News Bot news, on November 19, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of this report, BEAT (Audiera) is currently priced at $0.46, with a rise of 15.97% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.55 and a low of $0.24. The current market capitalization is approximately $64 million, an increase of $8.81 million compared to yesterday. Audiera is a Web3 project that integrates 20 years of dance tradition, resurrecting the memories of 5.6 million dancers on the blockchain. Users do not need to download an app; they can simply connect their wallet to enter a new era with AI idols Kira and Ray. The platform supports dancing on Telegram and combines virtual and reality through fitness mats, allowing users to dance while working out and earn double rewards. BEAT is the native token of the Audiera platform.

According to Foresight News and reports from the Korean Central News Agency TV, the South Korean customs is carrying out a special crackdown on illegal fund smuggling and Money Laundering activities, which involve transnational crime. Over the past five years, South Korean customs has seized approximately 11.4 trillion won (about 7.8 billion USD) related to Money Laundering. Among these, 83% (nearly 10 trillion won, about 6.8 billion USD) was conducted through virtual assets. Last month, five individuals were arrested for using stablecoins like Tether to conduct transactions worth 920 billion won (about 628 million USD) between South Korea and Vietnam. They have been accused of illegally transferring funds approximately 78,000 times, including converting won into virtual assets and sending them. In response to such crimes, the customs department has established a special task force to carry out stringent crackdown operations.

Firas Isa, founder of Virtual Assets LLC in Chicago, has been charged with money laundering using crypto assets ATMs, with the amount involved exceeding 10 million dollars. Isa and the company both plead not guilty, and the case is scheduled for a hearing on January 30, 2026.

Gate News Bot news, on November 19, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, SOON (SOON) is currently priced at $1.42, with a 2.60% rise in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $5.04 and a low of $1.23, with a 24-hour volume of $162 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $421 million, an increase of $10.7 million compared to yesterday. SOON currently ranks 116th in the global Crypto Assets market capitalization. SOON is an efficient decoupled SVM (Solana Virtual Machine) technology stack designed to provide Solana-level performance for every blockchain. The SOON mainnet is currently live on Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base Chain. The project's core technological innovations include decoupled SVM, Merklization, Firedancer integration, and horizontal scaling, etc. SO

Gate News Bot message, on November 19, according to CoinMarketCap data, VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is currently priced at $1.13, with a rise of 6.48% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $1.45 and a low of $1.05. The 24-hour volume has reached $186 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $738 million, an increase of $44.9 million compared to yesterday. Virtuals Protocol is an AI agency social platform dedicated to building a self-sustaining online business ecosystem. The platform allows users to create and interact with AI agents, facilitating automated business activities and social interactions. Important news about VIRTUAL recently: 1️⃣ **Price volatility increases** VIRTUAL in the past one

According to Foresight News, citing two informed officials from Reuters, Brazil is considering taxing international payments made with Crypto Assets. One insider revealed that the country's Ministry of Finance is contemplating expanding the scope of the financial transaction tax to include certain cross-border transfers made using virtual assets and stablecoins, which have been classified by the country's Central Bank as forex transactions. The Brazilian Ministry of Finance declined to comment on the matter to Reuters.

Futu Holdings' Q3 2025 financial report shows total revenue reached HKD 6.403 billion, a year-on-year rise of 86.3%; net profit was HKD 3.312 billion, up 136.9%. The platform's virtual asset trading volume increased by 161% quarter-on-quarter, and the number of users rose by 87%. At the same time, it participated in the Central Bank digital currency project and launched the Huaxia Solana ETF.

BlockBeats news, on November 17, reported by East Net, Vantone Insurance announced an investment option linked to the "virtual asset fund" and has completed the review process with relevant regulatory agencies. Specific details regarding the new investment connected to life insurance product investment options will be disclosed in due course. Previously reported, Yunfeng Financial acquired 60% of the shares of Vantone Insurance Asia in the U.S. (2018) and integrated licenses for securities, insurance, and asset management, gradually building a "finance + technology" ecological closed loop.

Gate News Bot news, on November 17, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, FIL (Filecoin) is currently priced at $1.96, down 3.60% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $2.89 and a low of $1.88, and a 24-hour volume of $339 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.408 billion, a decrease of about $52.65 million from yesterday. FIL currently ranks 53rd in the market capitalization leaderboard of Crypto Assets. Important news about FIL recently: 1️⃣ **Build cross-chain data bridges in collaboration with Avalanche** Filecoin is collaborating with Avalanche to develop a native cross-chain data bridge, connecting the Filecoin virtual machine and Avalanche C-Chain. This collaboration aims to achieve modularity.

Odaily News The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has listed a virtual asset trading platform named "HKTWeb3" on its list of suspicious virtual asset trading platforms, and noted that the platform has not obtained a license from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. Its website claims to be cooperating with a licensed virtual asset trading platform, but that platform has confirmed that it has no relationship with HKTWeb3.

The U.S. Department of Justice seized USDT worth $15 million, and five defendants pleaded guilty to assisting North Korea in obtaining fake IT positions, affecting 136 U.S. companies and resulting in identity information leaks. Meanwhile, the North Korean hacker group APT38 has been stealing virtual money overseas, and the government is seeking to confiscate it to return to the legitimate owners.

PANews, November 14 - The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission officially announced that Lam Fung-yee has been reappointed as the Chief Executive Officer for a term of two years, effective from January 1, 2026. It is reported that Lam Fung-yee has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission since January 1, 2023, during which she launched a licensing system for virtual asset trading platforms and issued a roadmap for virtual assets, which is relatively friendly to the digital asset industry and described the future of digital assets as vibrant and promising. She also mentioned that the regulatory concept of applying the same business, same risks, and same rules would include the regulation of encryption OTC Trading and custodial institutions.

PANews, November 14 - According to The Block, the yield-generating tokenized XRP product mXRP developed by Midas in collaboration with Axelar developer Interop Labs is expanding to the BNB Chain through integration with the lending protocol Lista DAO on the network. This integration allows mXRP to be used as collateral in the Lista lending market, enabling holders to earn both the basic yield of mXRP and additional DeFi returns in liquidity pools and the lending market. This expansion allows mXRP to break through its existing application scope on the XRP ledger and the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) sidechains.

The Eighth National Criminal Trial Work Conference emphasized the maintenance of cybersecurity in cyberspace and proposed three requirements: strengthening judicial rules regarding Virtual Money, online live broadcasting, and cybercrime; cracking down on cross-border online gambling and crimes infringing on personal information; and promoting regulatory responsibilities for online platforms.

PANews, November 13 news, according to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange announcement, Hong Kong-listed company YN Holdings announced that it has signed a purchase agreement with Hong Kong licensed virtual asset exchange VAX to acquire approximately 5.56% of the company's issued share capital for HKD 100 million, including HKD 24 million in cash and the remaining HKD 76 million to be paid through the issuance of three-year zero-coupon convertible bonds, with a conversion price of HKD 2.5.

Gate News Bot message, November 12th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is priced at $1.38, down 1.32% in the past 24 hours. The highest price reached $1.62, and the lowest dropped to $1.18. The 24-hour trading volume is $439 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $903 million, a decrease of about $12.11 million from yesterday. VIRTUAL is currently ranked 75th in the global cryptocurrency market cap.

Gate News Bot message, November 12th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, FIL (Filecoin) is trading at $2.27, down 5.31% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $3.88 and a low of $1.33. The 24-hour trading volume reached $497 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.613 billion, a decrease of about $90.429 million from yesterday. Currently, FIL ranks 51st in the cryptocurrency market cap. Recent important news about FIL: 1️⃣ **Collaborating with Avalanche to Build a Cross-Chain Data Bridge** Filecoin is working with Avalanche to develop a native cross-chain data bridge connecting the Filecoin Virtual Machine and Avalanche C-Chain. This collaboration aims to enable...

Gate News Bot message, November 10th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is trading at $1.55, up 18.10% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $1.62 and a low of $1.18. The 24-hour trading volume reached $428 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.018 billion, an increase of $156 million from yesterday. Currently, VIRTUAL ranks 71st in the global cryptocurrency market capitalization. Recent important news about VIRTUAL: 1️⃣ **Market Sentiment Turns Optimistic** VIRTUAL's price has experienced a significant rebound in the past 24 hours, with an increase of 18.10%. This upward trend may be a correction following previous market adjustments, as investor confidence gradually recovers.

Gate News Bot message, November 10th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, FIL (Filecoin) is trading at $2.89, up 12.02% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $3.88 and a low of $1.28. The 24-hour trading volume reached $1.056 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $2.044 billion, an increase of $219 million from yesterday. FIL is currently ranked 46th in the global cryptocurrency market cap. Recent important news about FIL: 1️⃣ **Collaborating with Avalanche to Build a Cross-Chain Data Bridge** Filecoin is working with Avalanche to develop a native cross-chain data bridge connecting the Filecoin Virtual Machine and Avalanche C-Chain. This collaboration aims to achieve interoperability between the two platforms.

Berachain is expected to launch the fund recovery claim page early next week to help users affected by the Balancer v2/BEX vulnerability recover their losses. Approximately 96% of the funds are recoverable, with the remaining 4% set to be unlocked next week. They also plan to implement a hard fork at the virtual machine level to enable a recovery mode.

TRON announces that its mainnet will release the GreatVoyage-v4.8.1 version in November 2025, bringing multiple improvements in system compatibility, network performance, and stability. The update includes support for ARM architecture and JDK 17, as well as compatibility updates for the Ethereum Virtual Machine. This upgrade will significantly enhance the mainnet's operational efficiency and node synchronization stability.

Gate News Bot news, on November 6, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of this report, VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is currently priced at $1.41, having risen 5.51% in the past 24 hours, with a peak of $1.89 and a low of $1.22. The 24-hour volume has reached $414 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $928 million, an increase of $48.5 million compared to yesterday. Virtuals Protocol is a community platform for AI agents. The project aims to build an ecosystem of autonomous AI agents, allowing users to create, interact with, and trade these AI agents. The platform offers features such as AI agent leaderboards and ACP Butler, supporting users in exploring and utilizing the capabilities of various AI agents. VIRTU

Odaily News The Hong Kong police announced the latest developments in the alleged fraud case involving the virtual asset trading platform JPEX, stating that they will prosecute 16 individuals, including Lam Tsz and KOL Chan Yi, along with 6 core members of the group, 7 heads of crypto assets OTC trading, and 3 puppet account holders. Additionally, the Hong Kong police have identified 2 masterminds and 1 key member who have fled overseas and have issued a red notice through Interpol. The Hong Kong police also revealed that as of February this year, they have received reports from 2,636 individuals, involving a total amount of 1.616 billion, and have arrested 80 people while freezing assets of 228 million. (Hong Kong 01)

Orama Labs' inaugural project ZENO has launched on the Solana network, releasing a developer MVP version and attracting $3.5 million in stake subscription, dedicated to connecting the digital layer of the real world with the virtual world.

Jin10 data reported on November 3, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published two new circulars, outlining the expected standards for operators of licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong, marking an important step towards facilitating their access to global Liquidity and expanding the range of products and services offered. One of the circulars states that the Hong Kong SFC allows platform operators to merge trading instructions with associated overseas virtual asset trading platforms into a shared order book, and this move is a cornerstone of pillar A (Access) of the ASPIRe roadmap, where the SFC aims to attract global platforms, trading flow, and Liquidity Providers. The next step for the Hong Kong SFC will be to explore the feasibility of allowing licensed brokerages to transfer client trading instructions to regulated overseas liquidity pools under the same group, and subsequently consider whether to further expand the related arrangements.

Gate News Bot news, on November 3rd, according to CoinMarketCap data, VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is currently priced at $1.54, falling 11.77% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $1.89 and a low of $1.22. The 24-hour volume reached $493 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.008 billion, a decrease of $135 million compared to yesterday. Virtuals Protocol is a decentralized platform focused on AI agents. The protocol aims to create a society of AI agents, allowing users to create, deploy, and manage autonomous AI agents. The platform provides a leaderboard to showcase the top-performing AI agents and supports users to interact with these agents through ACP Butler. Virtuals Pro

Jin10 reports that the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission: allows platform operators to sell virtual assets without a 12-month track record to professional investors and Hong Kong licensed stablecoins.

MGBX has obtained a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license in Poland, marking an important progress in its compliance layout in Europe, allowing it to legally provide virtual asset services and promote development in the European market.

Odaily News The CEO of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission stated that Hong Kong will allow locally licensed virtual asset trading platforms to share global order books with overseas affiliated companies to increase Liquidity. (Reuters)

According to analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain investment institution's Address recently transferred 7,958,000 VIRTUAL to Teneo, worth 13.45 million USD. This Address obtained 26,420,000 VIRTUAL in December 2023 and has transferred all out at an average price of 1.54 USD, worth 40.83 million USD. This Address was previously marked as DeFiance Capital, which the CEO stated was a mistake.

Gate News bot message, according to the official announcement from Gate on November 4, 2023: Gate will launch Dino Tycoon on November 4, 2025, at 17:00 ( UTC+8 019283746656574839201 for spot trading, with the trading pair TYCOON/USDT. Dino Tycoon is an AI-driven investment simulation game that achieves financial education through gamification. Users can simulate investment decision-making in a virtual theme park, and its game data will be analyzed by AI to build a B2B insights platform. The project aims to combine entertainment, education, and blockchain technology to create a sustainable Web3 ecosystem. The TYCOON token has been deployed on the BSC network, with the contract address 0x915c882e4f67D5FED79889353BFdB0ad213E9b97.

Gate News Bot消息，October 31, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is currently priced at $1.38, down 6.80% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $1.67 and a low of $0.99. The 24-hour volume reached $487 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $904 million, a decrease of about $65.9468 million compared to yesterday. Virtuals Protocol is a social platform focused on AI agents. The protocol aims to provide an interactive and trading ecosystem for AI agents, allowing users to discover, create, and participate in various AI-driven services and applications. VIRTUAL Recent Important News: 1️⃣ **New trading pair launched on Gate** Gate.i

Gate News Bot news, on October 30, according to CoinMarketCap data, AURORA (Aurora) is currently priced at $0.08, having risen 47.82% in the last 24 hours, with a peak of $0.08 and a low of $0.05. The current market capitalization is approximately $49.1 million, an increase of $15.9 million compared to yesterday. Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible smart contract platform running on the NEAR protocol. It provides developers with customizable, EVM-compatible virtual chains that operate as smart contracts on NEAR. Aurora offers the scalability and speed developers need while avoiding the high costs and complexities of traditional L2 infrastructure. Aurora's average block time is about 0.6 seconds, and transaction finality time is approximately 1.2 seconds, transaction success.

PANews, October 30, reported by Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, that the chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, Huang Tianyou, stated yesterday that there are currently no regulations governing listed companies' participation in investments in Crypto Assets in Hong Kong. The Commission will monitor the market situation and study the provision of relevant guidelines for the market. Huang Tianyou added that there are currently no laws regulating listed companies' participation in virtual asset treasury arrangements. For listed companies that claim to adopt Digital Asset Treasury (DAT), Huang Tianyou urged investors to be cautious and clearly understand what DAT is and the underlying value behind it. He also mentioned that the Commission will study the issue of listed companies purchasing Bitcoin.

Odaily News According to official news, OKX will launch spot trading for Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL).

PANews, October 28 news, according to Hong Kong Economic Times, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has initiated a tender for a virtual asset trading monitoring system, aimed at continuously upgrading regulatory capabilities. The bid closing date is reported to be November 7, 2025, and the winning institution is expected to be determined in the first half of 2026 to enhance the detection of anomalies in virtual asset trading.

Odaily Planet Daily news Hong Kong licensed virtual asset exchange EXIO's parent company EXIO Group co-founder and CEO Wu Chen revealed that they are launching tokenized products backed by commodities such as gold. However, analysts believe that the current RWA tokenization in Hong Kong is still in its early development stage and may face issues such as the lack of a secondary market. Issuers still need to carefully consider factors such as potential liquidity and ROI (return on investment) after assets are put on the blockchain. (Ming Pao)

Gate News Bot消息，October 27, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, VIRTUAL (Virtuals Protocol) is currently reported at $1.53, with a rise of 19.03% in the last 24 hours, peaking at $1.56 and dropping to a low of $0.72. The 24-hour volume reached $755 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.003 billion, an increase of $160 million compared to yesterday. Virtuals Protocol is an AI agent social protocol designed to build a decentralized AI agent ecosystem. The platform allows users to create and deploy autonomous AI agents that can interact with each other and perform various tasks. VIRTUAL recent important news: 1️⃣ **Audio to Animation ( A2A ) subnet launch** VIRTUAL

PANews, October 27th - According to the Hong Kong Economic Times, after reviewing documents, it was found that Ant Group has applied for registration of a series of trademarks related to virtual assets, stablecoins, and blockchain in Hong Kong, including "ANTCOIN." This may be a preparatory move for future business expansion in related fields, aiming to extend operations beyond traditional payments and delve deeper into the fintech sector.

Yuga Labs announced at the ApeFest event that the Metaverse Otherside will launch on November 12, aiming to create an interoperable, gamified, and decentralized virtual world that supports log in with encryption Wallet, and will present player avatars as NFT.

PANews October 24 news, according to Cryptopolitan, Animoca Brands is now entering the encryption brokerage field after obtaining the principle approval from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). The official website of the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority shows that Animoca Brands is operating under "Animoca Brands Middle East Advisory.

Gate News Bot message, October 24, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, VIRTUAL( Virtuals Protocol) is currently priced at $0.90, having risen 16.06% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.90 and a low of $0.72, and a 24-hour volume of $152 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $588 million, an increase of $81.4 million compared to yesterday. Virtuals Protocol is an AI agent social platform dedicated to providing better value capture mechanisms and community governance features for AI agents. The platform supports users in creating and trading AI agents, as well as developing applications based on AI agents. VIRTUAL最近的重要消息： 1️⃣ **Launch audio to animation (A2A) subnet** Vi

PANews, October 23 news, according to Caixin, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has approved the "Huaxia Solana ETF" for issuance and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Although Hong Kong's regulations allow Virtual Money Spot ETFs to provide stake services, the issuance of the Huaxia Solana ETF does not include staking. Industry insiders revealed that this may be due to a previous incident where a staking service provider, Klin, was suspected of being hacked, leading to a theft incident at the Switzerland-based encryption platform SwissBorg, which has caused the Hong Kong regulatory authorities to believe that the staking function requires more prudent evaluation.

PANews, October 23 news, Hong Kong licensed virtual asset exchange HashKey Exchange has now launched a regular purchase function. This function allows users to automatically buy mainstream virtual assets at fixed frequencies and fixed amounts, with automatic deductions made through eDDA. This feature enables investors to conduct long-term asset allocation in a more convenient way within the regulatory framework, making the digital asset investment experience closer to TradFi wealth management. Against the backdrop of the gradual institutionalization of the digital asset market in Hong Kong, HashKey Exchange will continue to enrich its investment product system and promote the transition of virtual assets from trading to wealth management.

PANews, October 22 - According to Bloomberg, the crypto company Xeltox Enterprises Ltd. (operating under the name Cryptomus) has been fined a record CAD 177 million (approximately USD 126 million) by Canada’s anti-money laundering agency FINTRAC for thousands of violations of suspicious transaction reporting regulations within a month. This Vancouver-based company provides services for crypto asset trading, payments, wallets, and peer-to-peer transactions. FINTRAC CEO Sarah Paquet stated that due to the severity of the violations, the agency "had no choice but to take unprecedented enforcement action." The regulatory agency pointed out that Cryptomus failed to report over 1,000 transactions suspected of money laundering or terrorist financing by July 2024, and also did not report over 1,500 transactions involving individual receipts of more than CAD 10,000 in virtual money during the same period.

PANews, October 22 news, according to Hong Kong media Ming Pao reports, Standard Chartered Hong Kong recently conducted an investigation under the HKMA "Digital HKD+" project and found that three-quarters of high-end clients are interested in digital assets, and nearly 80% of respondents intend to participate in digital asset investment activities in the next 12 months. He Wanjun, head of wealth solutions at Standard Chartered Hong Kong, stated that the bank will launch trading services for virtual asset ETFs in November, allowing clients to participate in related emerging investments through the Standard Chartered platform, thereby diversifying clients' asset allocation and financial management options.