AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoCrypto & Sanctions: The EU adopted its 21st Russia sanctions package, adding 14 crypto-asset service platforms and 94 banks, and introducing a new “full third-country ban for crypto-asset services” that lets Brussels block EU firms from dealing with crypto providers tied to sanctions evasion, with targets listed across Georgia, Panama, the UAE, the Marshall Islands, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus. Space Tech: NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies are racing to save the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from reentry by using the LINK spacecraft launched from an aircraft over the Marshall Islands on July 3, with on-orbit checkout progressing and a capture-and-raise plan next. Pacific Security & Climate: A new Pacific Security College policy paper warns climate-driven land loss is becoming a regional fault line for peace and security, citing worsening flooding in places like Majuro and cracks at Enewetak Atoll. Regional Shipping: South Korea seized the cargo ship Prada at Pyeongtaek Port over alleged North Korean coal and iron sanctions violations. Pacific Diplomacy: Papua New Guinea moved to close Taiwan’s Port Moresby trade mission, while Taiwan protested the unilateral decision.
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