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🖥 The AI data center boom has once again raised an old question: what if miners massively abandon Bitcoin and go to earn money on AI, where "money is currently flowing faster"?

Some worry that this will weaken the network, but cryptographer Adam Back reminds: everything in Bitcoin self-regulates — miners leave, difficulty drops, and mining becomes profitable again.

Simply put, if AI temporarily "outbids" for electricity, the network will simply wait it out and automatically adjust.

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🇰🇿 In Kazakhstan, a batch of mining equipment worth over $1,000,000, which they tried to illegally export to Russia, was confiscated.

At the Aiyat checkpoint, customs discovered 8 tons of equipment, and the exporter did not have an export license.

The Kostanay regional court, following an appeal by the prosecutor's office, ruled to transfer all equipment into state ownership.

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🪙 It seems Tether is increasingly transforming from a stablecoin issuer into a full-fledged investment giant — over the past year, the company has disclosed over $1.6 billion in investments in various industries — from media and fintech to sports, gold, and biotechnology:

🔵 Rumble — $785 million
🔵 Elemental Royalty — $250 million
🔵 Juventus FC — $150 million
🔵 Gold com — $150 million
🔵 Anchorage Digital — $100 million
🔵 Gold Royalty — $90 million
🔵 Generative Bionics — $82 million

The irony is that many still perceive Tether simply as a "USDT printing company," but in fact, it is already one of the most active investors in the industry.

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🐳 Strategy bought more 22 337 BTC at an average price of $70 194 per 1 BTC — now the company's balance holds 761 068 BTC, acquired at a price of $75 696 per coin.

Analysts suggest that Strategy is capable of accumulating 1 million BTC by the end of the year.

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Metaplanet raised $531 million to buy BTC — the company plans to increase its portfolio to 100,000 BTC by the end of 2026 and to 210,000 BTC by 2027.

Currently, Metaplanet already holds 35,102 BTC on its balance sheet.

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🇰🇷 South Korean regulator will fine crypto exchange Bithumb nearly $25,000,000 for AML rule violations.

The audit revealed about 6.6 million violations — from weak user verification to ignoring suspicious transactions, and new customers may temporarily face restrictions on the platform.

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☠️ Wife stole 2323 BTC from her husband by peeking at his seed phrase via CCTV cameras — the coins were distributed across 71 wallets and have not moved since December 2023.

Police have not yet proven the fact of theft.

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💰 Another crypto user gave away to scammers $1 760 000, by signing a phishing transaction.

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💳 Crypto card spending reached $100 000 000 per month — back in 2023, this figure was almost zero.

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🚓 Former Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff received 5 years in prison for helping crypto "godfather" Adam Eza — together they extorted money from victims, including $127,000 under threat of weapons.

Koberg not only "covered" schemes for $20,000 a month, but also participated in staged drug arrests.

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🇻🇳 Vietnam wants to block access to foreign crypto exchanges like Binance and OKX — trading is proposed only through local platforms.

At the same time, a pilot for "their own" licensed exchanges is being launched this month.

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💸 PayPal expands access to PYUSD stablecoin to 68 more countries.

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💳 Mastercard buys stablecoin startup BVNK for $1.8 billion.

Previously, BVNK was negotiating with Coinbase for a deal worth approximately $2 billion, but the talks fell through.

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🇧🇷 Ripple is entering Brazil in a big way — the company is launching a platform for banks and fintechs, covering everything from cross-border payments to custody and working with crypto reserves.

Concurrently, the company has applied for a VASP license with the Central Bank and has already secured the support of local players like Banco Genial and Braza Bank.

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⛔️ Russian users are once again complaining about mass account blockings on Bybit — even experienced traders are being frozen, and amounts reach up to 500 000 USDT.

The exchange provides almost no information, asks to wait up to 30 days, and document requests can arrive weeks later.

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🚓 In Kyiv, a crypto pyramid of $1 000 000 was uncovered — under the guise of investing in a "proprietary token," stable income was promised, and payments were made at the expense of new participants.

The scheme was actively promoted through Instagram and bloggers — a classic referral "engine" with beautiful wrapping.

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🤖 Scam exchange FTX sold its 8% stake in Anthropic for $1.3 billion as part of bankruptcy proceedings — today this same stake would be worth over $30 billion.

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📊 USDT lost its status as the dominant stablecoin — since early 2026, USDC has been confidently leading the stablecoin race, taking over 50% of all transactions.

Against this backdrop, the network distribution is also changing — recently Solana was leading, now Ethereum is ahead, followed by Solana and TRON.

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🗽 SEC and CFTC have finally brought clarity: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP and most crypto assets are not considered securities.

Mainly tokenized traditional assets remained under strict regulation, but there's a nuance — any token can be recognized as a security if it is sold with a promise of profit.

Overall, the market received long-awaited certainty after more than 10 years.

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🖥 In Kodinsk, an engineer quietly mined crypto for almost two years at the expense of the enterprise, connecting a farm to the official power grids — the damage exceeded 1 200 000 rubles.

The scheme was uncovered only after a strange increase in consumption, now he is charged with theft on a particularly large scale.

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🍿 Moody’s moves credit ratings to blockchain, making them more transparent, verifiable, and available in real-time.

Moody's is an international rating agency that assesses the reliability of companies, banks, and countries, showing how safe it is to lend them money.

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