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๐Ÿคฃ The crypto project WLFI, associated with the Trump family, proposed tough new rules โ€” 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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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ 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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๐Ÿ–ฅ Miners sold about 61,000 BTC this year โ€” 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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๐Ÿš“ Ukrainian security forces detained a member of an international hacker group that attacked companies in Europe and the USA โ€” 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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๐ŸŒ In the world, only 7 countries remain where Bitcoin is officially banned: China, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Qatar, and Bangladesh.

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๐Ÿ’ธ Drift Protocol will receive $127,500,000 from Tether for user fund recovery.

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๐Ÿฆ… 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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โšก๏ธ 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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๐Ÿช™ Investors filed a class lawsuit against Circle after the $280 million Drift Protocol hack โ€” 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 โ€” 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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โ˜ ๏ธ 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 Systemsโ€”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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๐Ÿ‘ป Beijing lecturer Jiang Xueqin stated that the CIA or DARPA could have been behind the creation of Bitcoin โ€” 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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๐Ÿ–ฅ 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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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ 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 Eastโ€”a destination for people to launch crypto projects, attract investment, and build a new digital economy.

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๐Ÿฆ‘ Kraken's parent company Payward to acquire derivatives exchange Bitnomial for $550 000 000 in cash and stock.

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran's Foreign Ministry announced that for the duration of the ceasefire in Lebanon, the Strait of Hormuz is completely open for the passage of all commercial vessels.

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๐Ÿช™ Over the week, investors poured almost $1 billion into spot Bitcoin ETFs โ€” this is the best result since January and a sign that the market is ready to take risks again.

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โ˜ ๏ธ The KelpDAO protocol was hacked โ€” 116 500 ETH worth approximately $293 million was withdrawn from the rsETH restaking token.

The funds have already been moved via bridge to another address, the team is investigating the incident.

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Over 190 000 illegal miners were counted in Russia against only 5 500 legal ones โ€” authorities want to tighten control, but at the same time legalize mining in regions with surplus energy to collect taxes.

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๐Ÿ’ฐ Analysts linked the hack of Kelp DAO ($293 million) to the North Korean group Lazarus Group: attackers spoofed messages via compromised RPC nodes and DDoS.

The key problem is that Kelp DAO had a single point of failure scheme (1/1 DVN), which allowed the fake transaction to go through without verification.

The incident impacted the market: rsETH was frozen on Aave and an outflow of over $10 billion was recorded, and a number of DeFi protocols temporarily halted bridges โ€” heightening concerns about cross-chain infrastructure vulnerabilities.

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๐ŸŒ The Global Uncertainty Index has updated its historical maximum, surpassing the levels of COVID-19 times, the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, and the dot-com crash.

Unlike past crises with a single key cause, pressure is now being created by a set of factors simultaneously โ€” geopolitics, economics, and technological shifts.

This makes the situation less predictable and more difficult for markets and businesses.

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