⚡️ FSB declares Pavel Durov wanted internationally — he has been charged under Part 1.1, Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (facilitating terrorist activities).

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🇪🇺 Major European banks and financial companies launched RL1 — a common regulated blockchain network for issuing tokenized bonds, funds, and stablecoins.

The network is already operational, uniting over 50 participants and has processed about €700 million in transactions.

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☠️ Losses in crypto from security incidents in the first 6 months of 2026 exceeded $1 billion across 212 incidents, which is the highest figure for any six-month period — analysts Blockaid.

ARK Invest predicts that in the coming months, an increase in bankruptcies and sector consolidation is expected in crypto. Historically, such processes are observed close to a cyclical market bottom.

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🇮🇳 In India, a darknet drug syndicate Team Kalki was liquidated — investigators, with the help of Binance analytics and blockchain data, tracked cryptocurrency movements, found associated wallets, and froze the criminals' assets.

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⚖️ The founder of BitRiver Igor Runets was accused of fraud of almost 1 billion rubles during the supply of mining equipment to En+ structures.

After the new accusation, the court sent him from house arrest to a pre-trial detention center for two months.

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🇷🇺 The Bank of Russia will allow margin trading in cryptocurrency and digital rights for both qualified and ordinary investors.

For unqualified participants, separate limits will be introduced, which the regulator will establish later.

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🇹🇷 Turkey launched a large-scale crackdown on illegal betting — since the beginning of the year, 47,493 websites have been blocked and over 5,600 people have been detained.

The investigation also uncovered bank accounts and crypto wallets through which money was withdrawn — in one case, the network's turnover was estimated at approximately $4 billion.

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📊 Historically, Bitcoin bear markets have lasted an average of 383 days — if we count the current cycle from the crash in October 2025, it is already the 297th day.

If history repeats itself, there are about 86 days left until the possible end of the bear market — approximately until October 23, 2026.

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🇰🇪 Tether and Nairobi Securities Exchange will test USDT settlements, asset tokenization, and fractional securities trading.

The goal is to accelerate transactions in Kenya's $26.4 billion market and attract more local and foreign investors.

Previously, Tether invested $20,000,000 in the Argentinian neobank Ualá as part of expanding its presence in Latin America.

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⛔️ Aave closes 50 underutilized liquidity pools worth $100,000,000 — Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos will be most affected.

Some networks may completely lose support from the largest DeFi creditor.

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🔮 Binance US is preparing its own prediction market and plans to apply for a CFTC license in August — if the regulator approves the launch, Polymarket and Kalshi will have a competitor with a massive crypto audience.

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🚓 Pavel Durov included on Rosfinmonitoring's register of terrorists and extremists.

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🇮🇷 US imposed sanctions against Iranian company Hormuz Safe Marine Services Authority, which accepted crypto for passage through Hormuz.

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🇰🇷 In Seoul, arrested three scammers who stole XRP worth $8,500,000 from 71 investors — they posed as Flare Network developers and lured people into fake staking with a "guaranteed" return of up to 1.8% per month.

That's kinda low, here they usually offer 100500% per month 🚬

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🗽 American public companies hold 1,240,000 BTC — almost 93% of all corporate Bitcoin reserves in the world.

Over the past year, they bought an additional 510,000 BTC — more than three times what miners managed to mine during the same period.

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