🇪🇺 WSJ: Lagarde personally intervened in Binance's attempt to obtain a license in the EU — among her concerns were risks for the digital euro (CBDC) and the strengthening of dollar stablecoins.

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🇯🇵 Bank of Japan raised the rate to 1.25% — a 31-year high, gradually ending the era of ultra-cheap money.

This is important for the crypto market — the more expensive the yen becomes, the less profitable it is to borrow it to buy risky assets, although after today's decision, BTC has so far gained about 1%.

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🇺🇸 NYSE is preparing a platform for 24/7 trading of tokenized stocks directly via blockchain, and Avalanche is being considered as one of the possible networks for the infrastructure.

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📊 Investors still consider Bitcoin significantly riskier than gold and more often buy options in case of BTC price drops.

JPMorgan believes — if demand for such insurance begins to decline, this will be a signal that the market expects fewer sharp drawdowns from Bitcoin.

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❌ The Linera network is shutting down due to lack of funds — the token sale raised approximately $900,000, but did not reach the minimum threshold, and the team was unable to find urgent funding.

However, the project previously raised approximately $12 million, including funds from a16z.

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🚓 Former China Construction Bank manager in Hong Kong received about 470,000 USDT for authenticating fake bank documents.

He processed 88 fraudulent letters of credit totaling over $1.6 billion — the court sentenced him to 4 years in prison and ordered him to return the money received to the bank.

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