Blockchain, fintech, and tech news from Philippine newsrooms.
GCash parent Mynt has priced its IPO at US$0.11 per share. Retail investors can subscribe from 6 to 12 October, after institutional demand left the book oversubscribed multiple times, Mynt said in a statement. Mynt priced the shares about a third below the US$0.16 maximum it set…
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has mandated a ₱1 billion minimum capital requirement for thrift, rural and cooperative banks operating digital business models.
Morph joined the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program to develop multi-chain stablecoin payment and settlement solutions for Web3 businesses and creators.
Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics."
Philippine authorities have arrested 244 foreign nationals, most of them Chinese, in raids on two sites in Mindanao, the biggest crackdown this year on illegal offshore gaming operators, according to Al Jazeera. The Immigration Bureau said military and other law enforcement agen…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is expanding digital access to UPLIFT cash aid through GCash. Eligible beneficiaries can receive subsequent payouts in their GCash wallets, according to the Manila Times. The first digital payout took place in Bacolod City…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has partnered with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) to roll out an online payment system for public services. The DOJ will integrate its payment collections into LandBank’s Link.BizPortal, allowing the public to pay for fees, clearances…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing mandatory accreditation for third-party collection agencies (TPCAs) that collect debts for financing and lending companies. The draft circular, issued for public comment on 30 September, would bring TPCAs under the SEC’s…
Vault Summit Asia convenes in Singapore on Oct. 9 to discuss institutional vault infrastructure and onchain asset management.
XREX Group will host the Stablecoin Summit 2026 in Singapore on Oct. 8 to address regulatory developments and global payment infrastructure.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development has adopted an air-to-water technology that can provide drinking water to communities affected by extreme heat.
An all-Filipino crew has successfully completed the Philippine Space Agency"s (PhilSA) first-ever analog mission.
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves, teachers are seeing firsthand how students use the technology--and they now have an important role in teaching learners how to use it responsibly, according to the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centr…
Five technology and legal advocates filed a Supreme Court petition to permanently bar administrative agencies from blocking online platforms without judicial oversight.
A viral photo that initially appeared to show a pair of leaves turned out to be something entirely different--a pair of Oleander hawk moths.
Internet users in parts of the Philippines experienced slow or intermittent connectivity on Friday following the reported outage of submarine cable segments connecting the country to Singapore and Hong Kong.
If you’re holding crypto and don’t want to sell it just to cover a bill, a car, or a down payment, crypto lending is probably why you’re here. Though the landscape looks very different from the one that collapsed in 2022. Celsius, BlockFi, and Voyager are gone, and their failure…
India has become one of the largest sources of Web3 engineering talent in the world. And that shift is visible in the number of businesses now building blockchain products. Like DeFi platforms and NFT marketplaces are coming out of Indian development houses. The global Web3 mark…
Coins.ph said it has temporarily paused inbound peso transfers via InstaPay and PESONet following a central bank directive to enhance internal controls.
Two meteor showers are expected to illuminate the sky this month, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration"s (PAGASA) October 2026 Calendar of Astronomical Events.
Google DeepMind has launched Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier AI model featuring a 1 million output token capacity and specialized capabilities for software engineering and cybersecurity defense.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Executive Order 126, institutionalizing the DBM COMPASS portal to mandate end-to-end government spending tracking across all national agencies.
The Court of Appeals freezes 25 crypto wallets and 86 bank accounts linked to a lawmaker in a Philippine flood control plunder probe.
The country"s first dedicated agricultural genomics facility has been launched at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), providing researchers with advanced tools to study crops at the genetic and molecular levels.
LES DIABLERETS, Switzerland - Swiss glaciers are shrinking rapidly after suffering one of their worst years of ice loss during a record-breaking European heatwave.
TOKYO, Japan - A hospital in Japan has carried out the world's first surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem cells after the groundbreaking therapy was approved this year, one of the surgeons said.
Deutsche Bank has appointed Vikas Arora as its Chief Country Officer and Head of Corporate Banking in the Philippines, effective October 1, subject to regulatory approval, according to Reuters. Arora replaces outgoing Country Head Dino Siason, FinanceAsia reported. Arora will le…
Security Bank Corp.’s retail banking head, Rahul Rasal, is stepping down in December as the bank undertakes a broad leadership reorganisation involving more than a dozen senior officers, according to Philstar. In a regulatory filing, the bank said Rasal, Executive Vice President…
Philippine Digital Asset Exchange opens primary subscriptions for the Bureau of the Treasury’s Retail Treasury Bond Tranche 32 offering an indicative 6.875% annual rate through Oct. 7, 2026.
Bitget restored its emergency Protection Fund to over $300 million five days ahead of schedule following a $388 million security incident.
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