Almost 50% of funds pass through cross-chain bridges, while direct withdrawals to exchanges have decreased, and about 49% of assets remain untouched to reduce the risk of tracking.
Despite the instantaneous start, the full money laundering cycle has slowed down and now takes an average of more than 10 days.
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🔮 Standard Chartered Bank has again lowered its forecast for the first half of 2026, allowing for a drop in BTC to $50,000 before a possible recovery — for Ethereum, a decline to $1,400 is expected.
Among the key risks, analysts cite outflows from spot ETFs: their total assets have decreased by almost 100,000 BTC from the October peak, and the average entry price for investors is estimated at around $90,000. The bank believes that ETF holders are more likely to lock in losses than to increase positions on a decline.
Previously expected levels of $150,000 for BTC and $7,500 for ETH by the end of 2026 have been revised to $100,000 and $4,000 respectively.
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Among the key risks, analysts cite outflows from spot ETFs: their total assets have decreased by almost 100,000 BTC from the October peak, and the average entry price for investors is estimated at around $90,000. The bank believes that ETF holders are more likely to lock in losses than to increase positions on a decline.
Previously expected levels of $150,000 for BTC and $7,500 for ETH by the end of 2026 have been revised to $100,000 and $4,000 respectively.
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🎲 Especially for gamblers Polymarket launched 5-minute BTC price predictions, the public is already being warmed up with cases of farming $200 in half an hour.
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Tether Gold and Paxos Gold together account for approximately 96.7% of the market share.
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🗽 U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) included executives of major crypto companies in the Innovation Advisory Committee.
Its members include Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, as well as representatives from Uniswap, Kraken, Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood, and a16z crypto.
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Its members include Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, as well as representatives from Uniswap, Kraken, Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood, and a16z crypto.
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Earlier, the bank noted that the average cost of mining level usually served as a price bottom for BTC, however, this time the market formed a second bottom.
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🚓 In Primorsky Krai, a former deputy mayor of Arsenyev has been detained; she is suspected of cryptocurrency investment fraud amounting to over 25 000 000 rubles.
According to law enforcement agencies, while working at the mayor's office, she offered acquaintances to invest funds in digital assets, however, the money was directed into the OneCoin financial pyramid.
The court remanded the suspect in custody for two months.
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According to law enforcement agencies, while working at the mayor's office, she offered acquaintances to invest funds in digital assets, however, the money was directed into the OneCoin financial pyramid.
The court remanded the suspect in custody for two months.
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The disappearance went unnoticed for a long time due to the suspension of the investigation; an internal audit is currently underway.
The reason for the audit was the recent disappearance of 320 BTC from the Gwangju District Prosecutor's Office, allegedly after employees clicked a phishing link.
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🇮🇱 User Rundeep made six bets on the Polymarket platform related to Israel's military actions, and in all cases was proven correct, earning a total of $154 000.
Later, the Israeli prosecutor's office filed charges against a reservist and a civilian, stating that they used secret military information for betting.
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Later, the Israeli prosecutor's office filed charges against a reservist and a civilian, stating that they used secret military information for betting.
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🇧🇷 In Brazil, a bill on the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve has again been submitted for consideration, which will allow the country to acquire up to 1 000 000 BTC.
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🇫🇷 In France, three armed men in masks attempted to rob the head of Binance's French division: they broke into an apartment in Val-de-Marne, but the top manager was not home.
The attackers stole two mobile phones and fled, and several hours later attempted another attack in a Paris suburb.
The suspects were detained in Lyon thanks to geolocation data and surveillance camera footage.
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The attackers stole two mobile phones and fled, and several hours later attempted another attack in a Paris suburb.
The suspects were detained in Lyon thanks to geolocation data and surveillance camera footage.
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🇺🇸 The US Consumer Price Index (CPI), reflecting inflation, decreased to 2.4% from the previous 2.7%.
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🇮🇷 Binance fired several senior employees from its compliance team after they discovered possible transfers of over $1 billion to structures linked to Iran, writes Fortune.
This happened after the deal with the US Department of Justice for $4.3 billion and the introduction of external monitoring. The company stated that it complies with sanctions legislation and does not comment on personnel decisions.
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This happened after the deal with the US Department of Justice for $4.3 billion and the introduction of external monitoring. The company stated that it complies with sanctions legislation and does not comment on personnel decisions.
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