🐋 Morgan Stanley (over $9 trillion in management) filed an application with the US SEC to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF.

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🎰 Almost half of Polymarket's volume may be artificial: about 28% is created by airdrop farmers by spinning "dead" markets, and another 23% — bots that simply drive bets every 15 minutes without real prediction.

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🇷🇺 Banks and brokers may be allowed to operate as crypto exchanges — without a separate full license, but on a notification basis using their existing permits, — stated Nabiullina.

At the same time, for such operations, they plan to introduce capital restrictions and additional risk requirements.

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💳 In Russia, there are plans to create a unified registry of bank cards by 2027, to track the total number of cards each person has across all banks.

Starting September 1, 2026, limits will also come into effect — up to 5 cards in one bank and up to 20 in total, which should help combat "drops" and fraudulent schemes.

According to the Central Bank, most ordinary customers will be virtually unaffected by these restrictions.

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🚓 The FBI arrested John Dagitu in connection with the theft of crypto from wallets under the control of US authorities.

The suspect was identified after a public conflict with another hacker on Telegram, where he himself showed a transfer of $23 million between his wallets.

Dagitu was arrested on the island of Saint Martin during a joint operation by the FBI and the French Gendarmerie.

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👻 Quantum computing company PsiQuantum has begun construction of a quantum facility with a capacity of 1 million qubits, which, according to scientists, is powerful enough to "hack Bitcoin".

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💤 A participant of the Ethereum ICO transferred coins worth $208,800 to a new wallet after 10.5 years of inactivity.

In 2015, he bought 401 ETH for $124 — now the value of the coins is $835,000, which is 6716 times the original investment.

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