The United States and Britain have launched their first joint law enforcement cooperation framework targeting overseas centres running cryptocurrency investment scams. U.S. federal prosecutors in Washington, the Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales and Britain’s National Crime Agency signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue parallel investigations, share information and decide where to prosecute cases. Authorities say they have identified overlapping cases and plan an operation in London in early October with private companies.

Hancom WITH, which serves as a holding company for the Hancom Group, is setting up a joint venture in Dubai to expand its global gold real-world asset tokenisation business. The venture with UAE gold trader Al Dafra Al Gharbia Gold Trading (ADGT) and Cast Holdings will provide services from sourcing physical gold to issuing and redeeming on-chain tokens under a single entity. The partners also plan a compliance framework and third-party verification disclosures.