Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced a crackdown on "grey money" after a Finance Ministry meeting on Friday, directing tighter controls on gold trading and digital assets. Measures include lowering the 2M baht reporting threshold for gold bar purchases and stricter Travel Rule enforcement for crypto providers. A data bureau will link agency datasets to detect suspicious flows.

Bitcoin hovered near $91,000 on Tuesday while Japan's Nikkei jumped as much as 3.6% to a record 53,814.79 and the Topix rose 2.4% to 3,599.31. Asian equities broadly opened with a mild risk-on tone, and traders focused on upcoming US inflation data and Federal Reserve events as key drivers for crypto and wider markets.

Early Monday, Bitcoin traded close to $92,000 while major Asian equity benchmarks posted modest gains and oil continued to climb. Traders focused on upcoming US inflation data, lingering tariff uncertainty and shifting Federal Reserve policy risks, with Bitcoin hovering near the $91,000 pivot level amid cautious positioning.

Truebit's TRU token plunged more than 99% after the protocol reported a security breach affecting its "Truebit Protocol: Purchase" Ethereum smart contract, with on-chain data indicating about 8,535 ETH, or roughly $26M, was taken. PeckShield and other blockchain analysts said the attacker allegedly exploited flawed pricing logic to mint tokens at zero cost, drained ETH reserves, moved funds through Tornado Cash, and left Truebit yet to outline any remediation plan.

Bitcoin traded around $91,000 on Friday while major Asian stock indices posted modest gains ahead of key US nonfarm payrolls data and a potential Supreme Court decision on President Donald Trump's tariffs. Crypto markets stayed rangebound, with Bitcoin, Ether and XRP moving narrowly as investors weighed the Federal Reserve's rate path and broader macro headlines.

On Jan. 6, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed agencies to issue licenses for pilot digital-asset exchanges by Jan. 15 under a sandbox aimed at tighter market testing. The first phase will select five firms and require about $400M in charter capital with at least 65% held by institutions, alongside strict IT and audit standards.

World Liberty Financial has applied for a US national trust bank charter so that World Liberty Trust can issue and custody its dollar-backed stablecoin USD1 under federal oversight. If the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approves the de novo application, USD1, which has reached about $3.4B in market value, would be managed within a bank-style regulatory framework while targeting institutional users.

In early Asian trading on Thursday, Bitcoin drifted toward $90,000 as regional equities cooled for a second session. Oil prices slid after Donald Trump said Venezuela would supply up to 50M barrels, while Japan's Nikkei fell 1.1% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 1.3%, with Australia's ASX 200 up 0.2%.

On Tuesday, MSCI decided not to proceed with a proposal to exclude so-called digital asset treasury companies from its equity indexes and will keep its existing inclusion approach for now. The firm, which classifies these companies as those whose digital asset holdings account for at least 50% of total assets, plans a broader review of how it evaluates businesses with large non-operating crypto positions.