New requirements include live selfie with liveness checks, location/IP/timestamp capture, bank verification via penny-drop, additional government ID uploads, and email & mobile OTP checks, per Economic Times.

The finding comes from Bitwise’s latest survey.

The country’s second-largest crypto exchange is rolling out a card collateralized by BTC.

Users can access peso credit with no bank account, no credit history, and without selling Bitcoin.

The update is available on both mobile and browser extension versions.

About 30K BTC were bought versus 5.7K BTC mined, according to Bitwise.

The service launches mid-February on its Bolero platform under MiCAR, making KBC the first Belgian bank to do so.