🇷🇺 The State Duma approved a law on fines for mining — for mining cryptocurrency in prohibited regions, individuals can be fined up to 150,000 rubles, and companies — up to 2,000,000 rubles with confiscation of equipment, and for repeated violations, fines for legal entities can reach 10 million rubles.

They will also punish for mining without registration in the FNS (Federal Tax Service) register, exceeding power consumption limits, and operating mining infrastructure without permission.

The authorities believe this will help bring the industry "out of the shadows" and reduce the load on the energy system.

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🧠 Vitalik Buterin stated that the main function of blockchains is NOT payments at all, and not even smart contracts.

According to him, such networks primarily function as a censorship-resistant "public bulletin board" where anyone can write and read data.

Payments come second in importance, and smart contracts only third.

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🏦 Financial giants Morgan Stanley and Cliffwater limited withdrawals from their corporate credit funds after a sharp influx of investor requests.

In one of Cliffwater's funds, investors requested to withdraw 14% of assets, but received only 7%, while in Morgan Stanley's fund, less than half of the requests were satisfied due to a 5% limit.

Against the backdrop of money outflow, the direct lending market, valued at approximately $1.8 trillion, is beginning to face liquidity problems, which could intensify pressure on corporate loans and increase default risks.

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🪒 User exchanged 50 400 000 USDT for $36 200 — a crypto trader tried to buy AAVE for $50 000 000 through the Aave interface, but received only 324 AAVE ($36 000), confirming the transaction with 99% slippage, despite the warning.

As a result, a $34 million profit was taken by block builder Titan, and the Aave team is now trying to contact the trader to at least return the fees ($600,000).

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🛢 The US temporarily allowed to sell Russian oil if it was loaded onto tankers before March 12 — such deals will be valid until April 11, even if the vessels themselves are under sanctions.

Restrictions remain on new deliveries, and the easing is explained by a jump in oil prices after the war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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🗽 The U.S. Senate supported ban on the issuance of a digital dollar until December 31, 2030 — The Federal Reserve System (FRS) and regional banks are prohibited from issuing a CBDC or any digital asset that essentially performs similar functions.

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🚓 In the Stavropol Krai, a couple set up a mining farm right in their garage and mined crypto for a year and a half, having connected to electricity bypassing the meter — according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, during this time they "burned" energy worth over 2,000,000 rubles, now a criminal case has been opened against them.

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☠️ FBI announced the dismantling of the global hacker proxy service SocksEscort — as part of the operation, dozens of servers and domains were seized and millions of dollars in cryptocurrency were frozen.

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❄️ Tether today froze an address with a balance of almost $12,000,000 USDT — such blockages usually occur at the request of law enforcement agencies.

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🇦🇲 The Armenian Stock Exchange is considering launching its own crypto platform, where digital assets can be traded and token placements like ICOs can be conducted.

According to the head of the platform, the project is still under discussion, but with the participation of an international partner, it could be implemented by the end of 2026.

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