Welcome back to Continuum Weekly News. Every Friday we bring you the top Asia headlines on digital-asset regulation, cyber risk, industry moves and insurance signals, with concise takeaways and practical actions for insurers and corporate risk teams.
1) Regulatory News
Laos to cut power to crypto miners
Laos said it will stop supplying electricity to crypto miners by early 2026 to prioritise industry and data-centre uses, removing a previous local policy encouragement for mining and tightening regional mining capacity outlook.
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Payments & stablecoin rails remain under active regulatory view
Regional pilots and merchant tests (stablecoin → PSP rails) continue to attract regulatory attention as payment flows move closer to retail rails.
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2) Hacking & Physical Risks
Market shock & liquidation stress
A mid-week market crash and large leveraged liquidations produced major price moves and stressed exchanges and margin/settlement systems, highlighting operational fragility when liquidity suddenly reverses.
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Developer supply-chain & oracle fragility follow-ups
Follow-on reporting this week continued to highlight the software-supply-chain (npm/JS) compromise and centralised-oracle fragilities that can redirect or misprice on-chain transactions. Security vendors and platform owners issued follow-up guidance.
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3) Industry Updates
Price volatility & ETF flow narrative continues
The mid-October market pullback followed by partial recoveries kept ETF and institutional flow stories front and centre; flows and liquidity swings remain the dominant driver of custody sizing.
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Merchant rails pilots push on
Stablecoin → merchant experiments and PSP integrations in Singapore / SEA continue to be tested, moving crypto closer to everyday retail rails and changing PSP/custodian settlement responsibilities.
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4) Insurance Spotlight
APAC cyber events & industry summits – market focus on cyber resilience
APAC cyber/insurance summits and vendor partnerships this week highlighted rising social-engineering and supply-chain claims; underwriters are asking for clearer incident logs, vendor attestations and IR evidence.
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Insurer cost & product innovation signals
Vendors and brokers announced partnership programmes to reduce cyber insurance costs for financial firms, showing market innovation to help buyers buy down risk while insurers demand stronger controls.
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