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ForkLog 38 02.12.2025

Traffic Aggregation and AI Impact

Outset PR charts the transformation of Asia’s crypto‑media market.

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Asia’s crypto chaos matters more than the Fed’s rate

ForkLog 84 06.11.2025

Asia’s Crypto Turmoil Matters More Than the Fed’s Next Move

ForkLog editor Elena Vasilyeva on why the most interesting action is not on Wall Street but in Greater Asia.

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ForkLog 52 29.10.2025

The Uneven Tech Race in Greater Asia

A comparison of Asian countries’ strategies shows what hinders their technological leap.

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ForkLog 196 08.10.2025

Nepal’s Discord Revolution

What really drove Nepal’s Gen-Z uprising—and whether the country can still hope for a digital future.

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ForkLog 177 09.09.2025

US Treasury Sanctions Crypto Fraudsters in Myanmar and Cambodia

OFAC has imposed sanctions on nine entities in Myanmar and ten in Cambodia. They are involved in orchestrating fraudulent schemes using cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 237 22.08.2025

US House folds CBDC ban into 2026 defence bill

US lawmakers inserted a ban on issuing a central bank digital currency (the Anti-CBDC Act) into the draft defence budget for 2026.

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ForkLog 42 30.07.2025

Asian Nations Tighten Cryptocurrency Regulations

The Bank of South Korea (BoK) has established a new division to monitor the cryptocurrency market, Indonesia has announced increased taxes on crypto transactions, and Hong Kong has completed the development of stablecoin regulations. ForkLog has compiled the latest news from Asia in one article. Digital Division of the Bank of Korea The BoK has […]

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ForkLog 42 04.07.2025

Just add water: Pakistan between a crypto dream and hard reality

Pakistan seeks technological sovereignty, yet these ambitions collide with hard economic and political realities, low living standards and a long-running conflict with India, which controls the headwaters of key rivers. ForkLog examines how an Islamic republic with vast human capital is trying to build a digital future amid instability. First steps into the digital economy […]

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ForkLog 36 01.07.2025

Emerging economies need sovereign AI, say experts

As large language models (LLMs) become more accessible, developing countries need to build sovereign AI. That was the conclusion reached by participants at CNBC’s East Tech West conference in Thailand. Sovereign AI refers to a state’s ability to control its own technologies, data and infrastructure, ensuring autonomy and meeting unique security priorities and needs. Such […]

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ForkLog 150 24.06.2025

Over 30 darknet markets move to fill the gap left by Huione Guarantee’s shutdown on Telegram

After the illicit online platform Huione Guarantee on Telegram shut down, Tudou Guarantee captured most of its transaction volume. Several similar marketplaces also saw user growth, according to analysts at Elliptic. The Guarantee ecosystem A sprawling network of Chinese darknet venues operates on Telegram, providing infrastructure for trading in a range of illegal goods. Most […]

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ForkLog 86 16.06.2025

Myanmar’s digital slavery: inside the scam‑factory network

Wracked by civil war, Myanmar has become one of the world’s biggest hubs of cybercrime. In recent years, hundreds of thousands of foreigners, lured by ads for well-paid jobs, have been abducted and forced to work in scam call centres. These scam compounds are mushrooming along the Thai border and generate tens of billions of […]

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ForkLog 20 11.06.2025

Technological ambitions in environmental hell

Bangladesh is among the world’s most densely populated countries, and its environmental situation is dire. As officials in Dhaka tout digitisation and AI, outside are poisoned rivers, stripped forests and pervasive poverty. ForkLog examines how the country is trying to reconcile its push for innovation with a deepening ecological crisis. A country of contrasts On […]

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