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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Ukrainian security forces uncovered a large shadow financial network involved in currency exchange, money transfers, and money laundering through crypto β€” 630 million UAH ($14,000,000) seized and over 30 searches conducted.

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πŸͺ™ USDT on the Bitcoin blockchain will be launched already this month.

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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Europeans called on the European Commission to soften MiCA rules and allow regulated issuers to give stablecoin holders cashback, discounts, and other rewards.

Meanwhile, European Central Banks advocate for maintaining the current restrictions.

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⚠️ Be careful, a scheme with fake exchangers is currently actively being used in Telegram β€” people are offered to undergo an Β«AML-checkΒ» and are given a link to a third-party website.

In reality, inside there might be a drainer, withdrawing all assets from your wallet after connecting.

For exchange, use only verified services and separately check the website address β€” scammers often copy the design of real exchangers almost exactly.

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🫑 Today is Hester Peirce's last day at the SEC β€” the commissioner, who was dubbed "Crypto Mom" in the crypto industry, is leaving after 8 years at the regulator.

Peirce consistently opposed regulating crypto through enforcement actions, promoted the idea of a safe harbor for tokens, and later headed the Crypto Task Force, which took on the task of creating clearer rules for digital assets.

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❌ Blast is closing down β€” The once-hyped Ethereum L2, with $20M in investments and massive TVL, no longer covers its own infrastructure costs.

After the airdrop, interest in the network quickly faded, the token lost almost all its value, and now users are advised to withdraw funds back to Ethereum.

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πŸ—½ In the US, the first triple-leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum funds have been approved β€” their price will move approximately three times more dramatically than BTC and ETH in a day.

Such instruments are especially risky, but the very fact of their SEC approval shows how far crypto has already entered the traditional market.

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πŸ“ Elon Musk won the right to undress people in Grok in court β€” a federal court appeal allowed the photo editing functionality to be restored.

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πŸͺ’ The TRUMP shitcoin team has transferred 82 million tokens worth $249,000,000 to CEX exchanges over the last 8 months.

Initially, the project team was allocated 80% of the total supply (800 million TRUMP).

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πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· In Greece, a crypto pyramid scheme was busted, which promised to double money in 50 days allegedly with the help of AI.

According to the investigation, FXO handled more than $8,000,000 from at least 10,000 people, and payments to old participants were funded by new ones β€” among the 17 arrested, there were even nine servicemen.

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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel believes that it's time to move bank reserves directly onto the blockchain β€” so that interbank settlements, collateral, and liquidity can be automated with smart contracts.

This is NOT about a digital euro for ordinary people, but about money that banks use to settle with each other β€” and the Eurosystem is already launching part of such an infrastructure.

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☠️ On the Base network, an unknown wallet lost 1,783 wstETH β€” about $6,000,000, the funds have already gone to the attacker's address.

Which protocol the money belonged to and what exactly caused the hack is currently unknown.

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πŸͺ™ NYT released a large profile of CZ. It quickly becomes clear from the text β€” Changpeng Zhao has long ceased to be merely the founder of Binance. He now lives at the intersection of crypto, immense capital, ruling families of the Persian Gulf, and high politics.

πŸ”΅ CZ has firmly established himself in the UAE. He lives in Abu Dhabi, owns real estate, uses security, a yacht, and private aviation. Forbes estimates his fortune at over $100 billion, although Zhao himself says the real figure is more like $10–30 billion.
πŸ”΅ His relationship with the Emirates developed very quickly. According to the NYT, he was granted a Golden Visa in 2021 in less than 12 hours, and Binance later participated in shaping local crypto regulation.
πŸ”΅ UAE citizenship proved particularly valuable for CZ. He himself directly stated that an important factor was protection from possible extradition to the US β€” at that time, the American investigation into Binance was already gaining momentum.
πŸ”΅ After the deal with the US Department of Justice, Binance paid $4.3 billion, and CZ received four months in prison.26 minutes after his release, his private jet was already flying towards Abu Dhabi β€” a detail that well conveys the scale of the man and his current position.
πŸ”΅ The most controversial part of the profile is the chain connecting Binance, the UAE, and the Trump family. The MGX fund invested $2 billion in Binance, and the transaction went through USD1 from World Liberty Financial. In parallel, the UAE sought access to American AI chips, Binance wanted a softening of restrictions, and CZ β€” a presidential pardon. Later, the US allowed chip supplies, and Trump pardoned Zhao. All parties deny that these events were related.
πŸ”΅ CZ formally left Binance, but he is far from gone. He remains the largest shareholder, Yi He is still by his side, and Zhao himself increasingly acts as a crypto-diplomat β€” meeting with presidents, sheikhs, and advising states.

At the end of the profile, there's a detail that well explains his attitude towards everything happening β€” CZ is seriously interested in simulation theory and loves to repeat that life should be taken more simply.

β€œIt's just a game.”

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