Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. FinTech Alliance PH endorsed the appointment of former Social Security System chief Robert Joseph de Claro as secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology on Tuesday. The industry association, whose member institutions handle over 95% of the country’s retail digital transaction volume, said de Claro’s record of automating state pension operations provides a practical foundation for advancing national digital policy. De Claro previously served as president and chief executive officer of the state-run pension fund, where he oversaw …