🇷🇺 In Russia, a bill on the crypto market has been approved, but the ban on paying for goods and services with cryptocurrency within the country remains — payments can only be made in rubles.

The authorities explain this by the desire to keep payments under control and reduce risks, relying on the digital ruble (CBDC) as an official alternative.

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🇷🇺 Foreign crypto exchanges are showing interest in the Russian cryptocurrency market — Ministry of Finance.

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⚡️ The Ministry of Finance plans to submit a bill on the legalization of the crypto market to the State Duma as early as next week, and the Central Bank expects to adopt it before summer.

If all goes according to plan, the rules of the game for crypto in Russia could be determined in the coming months.

Also, by April 30, individual entrepreneurs and individual miners must for the first time report on income for 2025. This is practically the first step towards full-fledged tax accounting for mining — now crypto income will have to be officially declared.

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🇰🇷 In South Korea, a fraudster stole $12 000 000 from 158 people, laundered the money through crypto, underwent plastic surgeries and hid for almost a year, changing his appearance and phones.

But in the end, he was tracked down not by his face, but by his digital footprint — search history, device data, and surveillance cameras.

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📊 Hyperliquid recorded a record daily trading volume of $5.4 billion — driven by a surge in interest in commodity assets such as oil, gold, and silver.

The platform has effectively found a niche at the intersection of crypto and macro trading, where users actively trade derivatives amidst global news.

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🇮🇷 Iran is currently one of the world's largest BTC miners, accounting for up to 6-8% of the global hashrate, — analysts.

At the same time, about 70% of the country's mining is carried out by the military.

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🇮🇪 It turned out that the found BTC did not "surface on their own" at all - the coins were confiscated by the Criminal Assets Bureau of Ireland with the support of Europol, having managed to gain access to one of the 12 wallets.

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⛔️ The MilkyWay blockchain is officially shutting down — the team announced a gradual halt of all operations and the complete termination of the project.

The reason is simple — the product did not find sufficient demand in DeFi, and key ideas and the launch of new services failed to save the project's economy.

The irony is that as recently as 2024, major funds like Binance Labs and Polychain invested in MilkyWay — but even that didn't help.

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🇧🇹 Bhutan since early 2026 **withdrew** about $150,000,000 from Bitcoin reserves — in March alone, more than 1000 BTC were sent to exchanges.

Against this backdrop, the country dropped from the TOP-3 largest state holders to 7th place, and the current balance decreased to 4450 BTC.

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🗽 American mortgage giant Fannie Mae will start accepting crypto-backed mortgages .

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🚓 In Russia they propose to look for corruption using the digital footprints of officials' children — from Roblox purchases to Counter-Strike 2 skins and crypto wallets.

The idea is that if a family's spending does not align with official income, they will have to explain the origin of the money — even if it is "hidden" in games or crypto.

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👁 Justin Sun announced the launch of an AI system for investigating crypto crimes — it analyzes large datasets and helps to find suspects faster.

According to him, cases worth more than $1 billion have already passed through the system, and about $100 million will be allocated for rewards for useful information and assistance in investigations.

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