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For those brave enough to enter this gilded cage, Vietnamese-incorporated operators must flaunt no less than 10 trillion dong in paid-in capital (because who doesn’t love carrying around pocket change like that?). Foreign ownership is capped at 49%, ensuring that locals retain control-or at least the illusion of it. And let’s not forget the requirement for 65% equity from institutions such as banks or tech companies. One might say it’s an invitation wrapped in red tape. 🎁

Ola Olukoyede, the ever-vigilant chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), described crypto with all the enthusiasm of a man trying to sell you a magic lamp. “A powerful engine of global innovation and wealth creation,” he called it. But wait, there’s more! He quickly added that it is also a slippery slope leading straight to money laundering, terrorism financing, and fraud. 😱 Olukoyede lamented how the lack of regulation turns the crypto world into a masquerade ball where everyone wears masks-some are legitimate operators, others are fraudsters plotting their next heist.

During a keynote address at the OECD Roundtable in Paris-because of course it was Paris-he announced, “It is a new day at the SEC.” 🌞 And by “new day,” he means they’re swapping out their old playbook of smacking crypto firms with ad hoc enforcement actions for something slightly less medieval: clear rules. Imagine that! Clarity in regulation. What a concept. He even promised innovators could “thrive in the United States,” which sounds almost suspiciously optimistic coming from someone who works in government.

Ether bears are becoming quite the loudmouths as the price continues to play hide and seek in its cozy range.

This new iteration boasts three grand upgrades: a PayPal partnership (because nothing says “trust” like Venmo), community rewards so generous they’d make Scrooge blush, and global expansion efforts that ignore geopolitics like a tourist in a war zone. As the statement pompously declares, “Paxos only wins if Hyperliquid wins-how quaintly selfless!”