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πŸ‘» Bitcoin developers proposed an update BIP-361 to freeze early wallets, vulnerable to quantum attack.

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πŸ‡°πŸ‡· South Korea already accounts for about 30% of the global cryptocurrency trading volume, with 85% of transactions there being in altcoins, rather than Bitcoin or Ethereum.

For comparison, Japan's entire crypto market with the yen generates only $2–3 billion per month, while Korea averages $26 billion in just a week.

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί The State Duma Committee on Competition Protection unexpectedly spoke against overly strict regulation of the crypto market and warned that strict licenses could kill startups and leave the market only to large players.

The State Duma also suggested considering the launch of a Russian stablecoin, for example, pegged to the ruble or gold.

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πŸ–₯ In the Irkutsk region, an underground mining farm was found right on the territory of an abandoned gas station β€” 10 ASIC miners were operating inside a closed pavilion.

The farm was connected bypassing the meters, and the damage from the stolen electricity was estimated at approximately 2 million rubles.

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πŸͺ™ Tether bought an additional 951 BTC ($70,000,000) β€” now the USDT issuer's balance holds 97 141 BTC ($7.2 billion).

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πŸ’Έ Damage from illegal mining in Russia in 2025 reached 4.7 billion rubles β€” this is more than in the previous five years combined.

At the same time, miners, according to the Federal Tax Service, will pay only about 600 million rubles in taxes instead of the expected billions.

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🎲 Less than 1% of crypto projects disclose the terms of work with market makers β€” against the backdrop of constant accusations of artificial price pumping, hidden sales, and market manipulation, this looks particularly telling.

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🀣 The crypto project WLFI, associated with the Trump family, proposed tough new rules β€” early investors will be able to receive their tokens only after 4 years, and for those who do not agree, assets may be frozen permanently.

Justin Sun called it blackmail and stated that the project is actually controlled by an anonymous group, capable of overturning any community decision.

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ The Circle company, which issues the USDC stablecoin, stated that it sees "huge opportunities" for creating a stablecoin pegged to the Chinese yuan.

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πŸ–₯ Miners sold about 61,000 BTC this year β€” this is approximately 3% of all reserves.

Despite the sales, they still hold about 1.8 million BTC, and some large pools, including AntPool, even continue to accumulate coins.

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πŸš“ Ukrainian security forces detained a member of an international hacker group that attacked companies in Europe and the USA β€” the man laundered over $100 million, obtained through ransom for stolen data, by converting money into cryptocurrency and investing it in real estate and property in Ukraine.

During more than 30 searches, law enforcement officers arrested real estate, cars, about $1 million in cash, and cryptocurrency worth approximately $8.3 million.

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🌏 In the world, only 7 countries remain where Bitcoin is officially banned: China, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Qatar, and Bangladesh.

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πŸ’Έ Drift Protocol will receive $127,500,000 from Tether for user fund recovery.

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πŸ¦… Bank of Russia spoke out AGAINST the withdrawal of officially purchased cryptocurrency to personal non-custodial wallets.

According to the regulator, if money is stolen after transfer or the user loses access, intermediaries will simply be able to disclaim responsibility, and the Central Bank wants to keep it with exchanges and brokers.

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⚑️ Cryptocurrency exchange Grinex suffered a massive cyberattack, as a result of which over 1 billion rubles were stolen from users.

The exchange claims that Western intelligence services may be behind the hack, and the stolen funds were transferred to TRX and collected in one wallet.

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πŸͺ™ Investors filed a class lawsuit against Circle after the $280 million Drift Protocol hack β€” according to them, the company could have frozen the stolen USDC, but due to several hours of inaction, the attackers managed to withdraw more than $230 million via Circle's bridge.

Interestingly, yesterday Tether allocated $127.5 million to Drift for user compensation β€” and it is possible that one of the unofficial conditions for support could have been a public attack on the main competitor through a lawsuit against Circle.

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☠️ The internet is warning about a new wave of counterfeit Ledger devices, which are being sold en masse through Chinese marketplaces as genuine devices.

These wallets are found to contain modified chips, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth modules, and a researcher has linked the firmware to the Chinese company Espressif Systemsβ€”the device stealthily steals the seed phrase and can empty the wallet at any time.

A similar scheme previously earned scammers approximately $9.5 million through the fake Ledger Live app. Therefore, users are advised to buy devices only from Ledger and immediately verify the Genuine Check.

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πŸ‘» Beijing lecturer Jiang Xueqin stated that the CIA or DARPA could have been behind the creation of Bitcoin β€” according to him, the development of Bitcoin required too many resources, cryptography, and years of work to be the work of one person, and the very fact that the technology was released for free and its author disappeared, more closely resembles a state experiment than an ordinary IT project.

He also claims that blockchain could have emerged in the same environment as the internet or GPS, and Satoshi Nakamoto's anonymity only strengthens suspicions.

However, most experts consider the theory dubious: the Bitcoin network operates on tens of thousands of independent nodes around the world, and its code has been developing openly and publicly for 17 years.

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πŸ–₯ A court in the Lipetsk region ordered the owner of an illegal mining farm to pay almost 9,000,000 rubles for illegally connecting ASIC miners in two garages.

The man denied involvement, but energy workers showed a video of him opening the garages with his key, and a similar farm had previously been found at his wife's place.

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πŸ‡°πŸ‡¬ Following several visits by Changpeng Zhao, Kyrgyzstan is preparing to welcome Justin Sun. Against the backdrop of cryptocurrency laws passed in 2022, the country is suddenly becoming a new magnet for crypto billionaires and major blockchain companies.

If the interest from such figures continues, Kyrgyzstan could become for Central Asia what Dubai has become for the Middle Eastβ€”a destination for people to launch crypto projects, attract investment, and build a new digital economy.

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