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UAE blockchain firm employed Trump associate to realise US stablecoin ambitions

A temporarily installed statue designed to draw attention to President Trump's cryptocurrency policy, in Washington, on 17 September 2025.
A temporarily installed statue designed to draw attention to President Trump's cryptocurrency policy, in Washington, on 17 September 2025. © Andrew Leyden/Zumapress.com/MaxPPP

Crypto networks (3/3): Palm Global Technologies reported receiving tens of millions of dollars in financing this year as part of its efforts to launch a sovereign-asset backed stablecoin. To attract more backers, the group has been quietly employing a tech entrepreneur with a history of fleeing troubled businesses.

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Growing role for France's SIRASCO anti-mafia service amid drug trafficking crackdown

A crime scene in the French town of Marseille involving a murder ordered by a person who claims to be a member of the DZ Mafia, an organisation targeted by SIRASCO, on 4 October 2024.
A crime scene in the French town of Marseille involving a murder ordered by a person who claims to be a member of the DZ Mafia, an organisation targeted by SIRASCO, on 4 October 2024. © Franck Pennant/PhotoPQR/La Provence/MaxPPP

The low-key service created in 2009 is seeing its influence grow as the National Directorate of the Judicial Police to which it is attached has been designated to lead the fight against organised crime.

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