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πŸ”Œ Data centers and miners consume about 29.5 billion kWh per year, which accounts for 2.4% of Russia's total electricity consumption, β€” stated the power system operator.

Against the backdrop of the mining ban, analysts forecast a decrease to 26.15 billion kWh (2.2% of the total volume).

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πŸ¦… Putin stated that cryptocurrency is increasingly used by terrorist and criminal structures as a means of settlement and obtaining illegal income, while new forms of digital crimes are emerging.

According to him, current legislation does not always keep up with the development of technology, therefore the Supreme Court should promptly develop unified approaches and, if necessary, initiate changes in laws.

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πŸ‘» According to Google Trends, the number of searches for "Bitcoin going to zero" ("Π‘ΠΈΡ‚ΠΊΠΎΠΈΠ½ обнулится") has reached a maximum since the FTX crash in November 2022.

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πŸ—½ Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will launch 24/7 trading of crypto futures and options on May 29.

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πŸͺ’ In the last 24 hours, OP (Optimism) collapsed by 25% after the news that Coinbase is moving away from Optimism Stack and will develop its own solution.

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πŸͺ™ The Bitcoin Lightning Network already processes over $1 billion in monthly transactions β€” a significant increase in volume began in 2025.

Despite this, many still call the network "stillborn" and doubt its relevance.

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πŸͺ™ More than 1.5 million SOL ($126,000,000) have been unlocked on an unknown wallet.

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πŸ‡­πŸ‡· After the revision of tax rules in Croatia, investors holding cryptocurrency for more than 2 years are exempt from capital gains tax when converting to fiat β€” for such long-term holders, the rate is effectively 0% instead of the usual 12% when selling earlier than two years.

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πŸ€– Vitalik Buterin spoke against fully autonomous AI agents β€” the further AI is from human control, the higher the systemic risks and the more "garbage" content instead of benefit.

He emphasized that models operate on centralized servers like OpenAI and Anthropic, so talks about self-sovereign are currently conditional, and AI development requires a clear choice of direction to avoid dangerous scenarios.

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί The first operations with cryptocurrencies, if the relevant law is adopted, may take place before the end of 2026 β€” Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

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πŸ¦… The Central Bank of the Russian Federation stated that not only banks will be able to engage in the storage of cryptocurrencies in the Russian Federation β€” custodians will not require a banking license.

Their activities will be regulated according to a model close to the regulation of depositories in the traditional financial market.

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⚑️ Foreign crypto exchanges and exchangers will be able to operate on the Russian market through subsidiaries registered in Russia.

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🐸 Vitalik Buterin bet $148,000 on Polymarket that the US will not confirm the existence of aliens before 2027.

Earlier, Trump stated that he would disclose information about UFOs and extraterrestrial life.

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πŸš“ The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announced the uncovering of a scheme to launder $12,900,000 in the interests of the former Minister of Energy.

According to the investigation, the funds were laundered through foreign funds, accounts in Swiss banks, and cryptocurrency transactions (presumably USDT).

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πŸ’Ž Over the past 6 months, XAUT worth an amount equivalent to 94 tons of gold, paying only 0.0016% in fees was transferred on the blockchain, β€” reported the CEO of Tether.

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πŸ—½ Changpeng Zhao arrived in the US for the first time after prison and attended the crypto summit of the World Liberty Financial project at Donald Trump's residence.

Previously, Binance admitted violations in the US and paid a $3.4 billion fine, Zhao himself paid $50 million and served four months in prison, and in 2025 received a pardon from Trump. Media wrote about possible ties between WLFI and Binance during the launch of the USD1 stablecoin, but the parties deny this.

The event was also attended by representatives of major banks, exchanges, and regulators.

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πŸ”₯ U.S. Supreme Court overturned Trump's global tariffs.

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Trump said he has a backup plan regarding tariffs.

Goldman Sachs: the Supreme Court's decision will not overturn tariffs, the Trump administration will use an alternative legal basis.

According to analysts, if tariffs are abolished, US losses from compensating countries for damages from Trump's duties will exceed $175 billion.

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πŸͺ™ The market supply volume of USDT in February decreased by $1.5 billion β€” in January, the token's capitalization also lost $1.2 billion.

Maintaining the trend means that USDT could record its largest supply drop since December 2022 by the end of the last month of winter, when investors withdrew $2 billion from Tether's flagship asset after the FTX collapse.

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