In today's highlights, a senior minister has said that the UK may see cryptocurrency regulation within the next year. Meanwhile, MetaMask has denied allegations of a wallet exploit that resulted in a $10 million hack. In Hong Kong, a court has ruled that cryptocurrencies should be considered property. Intel has announced that it will cease manufacturing chips for Bitcoin miners, and Georgian vendors now have a crypto payments option due to a new partnership. Lastly, the Bank for International Settlements and the Bank of England have concluded a distributed ledger technology (DLT) settlements pilot.