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To be honest, there have been quite a few crashes in the crypto space, but Huibong’s collapse this time was still pretty surprising.



This thing started out as a payment system set up by a few domestic tech teams who went to Southeast Asia. The original idea was to create a high-efficiency fund channel. So what happened? In those places with relatively loose regulations, it experienced unchecked growth and was quickly targeted by all sorts of shady actors—underground banks, cross-border capital, and all kinds of murky industry chains rushed in. Technology itself is neutral, but once it’s unrestrained, even the best tools can be misused. Looking at it now, this so-called “efficient network” was a ticking time bomb from the very beginning.
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TokenomicsDetectivevip
· 6h ago
Another mess made under the guise of "technological neutrality." Is Southeast Asia really just a lawless land? --- To put it bluntly, the Huiwang incident happened because they rushed into taking risks without figuring out how to survive, and ended up becoming a toolkit for criminal activities. --- I just don't get it—why do we always wait until something blows up to reflect and say, "Oh, technology is neutral"? What about the people who use it? --- Loose regulation = we can do whatever we want. The crypto world should have seen through this logic by now. --- The pitfalls in Southeast Asian payments run too deep—it looks like we really need to learn some lessons here. --- The ticking time bomb has been counting down since the day it was set up. How are there still people who can't see it?
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GateUser-9ad11037vip
· 12-03 15:17
Same old trick, talking about technological neutrality sounds nice, but in reality, it's just opening the door for illicit activities. --- Southeast Asia is like a lawless land, it's been obvious for a while. --- Damn, this is truly shocking. I thought it would last longer. --- Compliance is the real deal, no matter how advanced the technology is, it's useless without it. --- That's why I only touch regulated chains, it's too risky otherwise. --- From payment systems to money brokers, it all falls apart during a regulatory loophole. --- Projects flocking to Southeast Asia never end well, what's the point? --- A ticking time bomb, haha. The more hype in the early stage, the harder the fall now. --- Another great tool ruined by bad actors, what a shame. --- To put it bluntly, it's just trying to exploit loopholes, but in the end, the loopholes exploited them instead.
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zkProofInThePuddingvip
· 12-03 04:40
I don't quite get it. Why do so many projects have to go to Southeast Asia to take off? Are they that afraid of regulations?
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GateUser-0717ab66vip
· 12-03 04:38
This is a typical outcome of "escaping regulatory havens." The Southeast Asian approach has been rotten for a long time. Here we go again with the "technology is innocent" argument... Wake up, everyone. A tool without constraints is original sin. They call it a payment system, but it ends up as a money laundering hub. I could recite this trick by heart. The gray industry chain swarms in, but has anyone thought this is digging their own grave? Blame me for being blind—I actually believed the story of this "efficient network"... Platforms like this are basically a backdoor, letting black and gray industries move in directly. Who can stand against that? Forget it, just another project that can't leave Southeast Asia—the ending is always the same.
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RektButSmilingvip
· 12-03 04:35
Really, I knew this would happen. You could see it coming the moment the tech team moved to Southeast Asia. How should I put it, a tool without any constraints is bound to crash sooner or later, this isn’t a new story. Another regulatory vacuum, another gray industry chain, the formula is all too familiar. To put it bluntly, it's still about greed—trying to bypass everything and get rich quick, only to end up getting hit with a huge blowback. Deserved. It's pretty boring, how many times does crypto have to play out this same script? There’s nothing wrong with the technology itself, but what about the people using it? Everyone just wants to turn it into a pipeline for laundering dirty money. I’m honestly not surprised about the Huiwang situation, if anything, I think it took too long. Feels like all these kinds of platforms should have been shut down ages ago.
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TestnetScholarvip
· 12-03 04:27
Once regulations loosen, people dare to try anything—this time it’s been proven. Southeast Asia is indeed prone to problems; tools are neutral, but people aren’t. It’s the same old underground banking tricks—no matter how advanced the technology, it can’t withstand this kind of misuse. To put it bluntly, the Huiwang incident was about greed; it was bound to fall sooner or later. I have little respect for those who run off to lawless places to make money—they’ll get caught eventually.
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BearMarketBrovip
· 12-03 04:27
That's how regulatory loopholes work. The Southeast Asian model is indeed easily targeted by money launderers. No matter how strong the technology is, it can't overcome malicious intent.
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DefiVeteranvip
· 12-03 04:22
Same old Southeast Asia playbook, as soon as regulations loosen, they start playing with fire. --- To put it bluntly, it’s just technology as a cover; the real purpose was exposed long ago. --- Didn’t expect this turn of events, thought it could last another six months. --- Once the gray industry chain gets involved, there’s no saving it—the money’s already gone to unknown destinations. --- “Time bomb” is the perfect description; from the moment it was set up, this outcome was inevitable. --- The biggest lesson from these years in crypto is that decentralization can’t stop human greed. --- Southeast Asian payment systems—just hearing the term should raise red flags. Who still dares to touch them? --- The crash happened pretty decisively, way faster than the slow death of some other projects. --- The “tool neutrality” argument is completely bankrupt here; shifting all the blame to the gray market is just an act. --- This is the real picture of the crypto world—the perfect contrast between ideals and reality.
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