🇷🇺 European members hold over half of the seats on SWIFT's board, meaning the U.S. lacks direct authority to connect banks. However, experts suggest that significant leverage is still available to the U.S., according to RIA Novosti.

🇷🇺Lifting sanctions against Russia will not halt the import substitution process in aircraft manufacturing, stated Sergey Chemezov in an Expert magazine interview. The development of SSJ New and MS-21 will continue.

🇨🇳 Alibaba announces the launch of its new open-source AI model "Qwen2.5-Omni-7B".

🇺🇸 OpenAI is nearing the completion of a $40 billion investment round led by SoftBank. The company could receive a valuation of $300 billion.

💥 Russian pharmaceutical company, Ozon Pharmaceutics, has topped the list of the best pharma manufacturers in Russia for 2024. More details can be found in the rating by Forbes.

🌕 Goldman has increased its year-end forecast for gold to $3,300 per ounce, citing higher-than-expected demand from global central banks and substantial inflows into gold ETFs. Further details can be found in the article here.

🇷🇺 Coal production in Russia increased by 5.4% in January-February, according to Rosstat.

✴️ Tether is purchasing a 30% stake in Italian media company Be Water according to recent reports. For more details, visit the article on Bloomberg.

🇷🇺 Sergei Chemezov hinted at the possibility of some civilian enterprises of Rostec entering the IPO. For more details, visit the link.

🇺🇸 Tesla's Optimus robots made an appearance on Capitol Hill yesterday.

🇷🇺 The subcommittee on customs-tariff and non-tariff regulation, as well as protective measures in foreign trade, has supported the Russian Ministry of Agriculture's proposal to extend the quota on the export of mineral fertilizers from June 1 to November 30, 2025. More details can be found here.

✴️ Santiment observes a significant surge in positive sentiment surrounding SOL.

🇷🇺 Lukoil may raise up to 20 billion yuan from a subsidiary. Russian companies are increasingly obtaining yuan, with Rosneft holding bonds worth 65 billion yuan, Rusal issuing 650 million, and Gazprom preparing its debut release. — Ъ

🇺🇸 The Grok AI app is now available to all Android users in the United States.

🇷🇺 SFI reports a net profit under IFRS of 22.88 billion rubles for 2024, compared to 19.3 billion rubles the previous year.

🇺🇸 Reuters reports that a specialist from the DOGE department, known by the nickname "Big Balls," was allegedly involved with cybercriminals.

🔗 According to data from Santiment and CryptoQuant, the supply of BTC on exchanges continues to decrease. Additionally, whales with wallets holding at least 1,000 BTC have resumed active purchasing after five months of selling.

✴️🇺🇸 The U.S. Senate voted to repeal a controversial rule implemented by the Biden administration. The rule required certain DeFi platforms to report user transactions and issue 1099 forms, raising concerns about privacy and excessive regulation. President Trump is expected to sign the repeal. For more details, visit here.

💥 Upbit will list Wallace #WAL.

🇷🇺 The press conference with Alexei Zabotkin, Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia, is scheduled for today at 1:00 PM Moscow time.

💥✴️ Binance Futures is set to launch futures for PAXG.