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🗽 The US Department of Justice completed the forfeiture of $400,000,000 in BTC, associated with the Helix crypto mixer.
Between 2014 and 2017, Helix processed at least 354,468 BTC.
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🪙 Binance will buy BTC for $1 billion — the exchange will change the asset structure of its SAFU fund, gradually converting stablecoins into the first cryptocurrency.
Binance will regularly check the value of the SAFU fund's assets. If due to price fluctuations the market value of the fund drops below $800 million, the exchange will buy more BTC up to $1 billion.
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📉 Gold and silver were also feeling down.
UPD: started to rebound.
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🇺🇸 SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated that now is the right time to consider allowing cryptocurrencies into 401(k) retirement plans — the volume of this market in the US is approximately $12.5 trillion.
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🐘 Nothing unusual, just a billionaire giving lectures on crypto in holey socks.
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🇨🇳 In China, silver is actually selling for $167 per ounce — due to frenzied demand, the only silver ETF is trading at a 42% premium.
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🗽 SEC stated, that tokenized stocks and bonds remain securities, even if their accounting is conducted on a blockchain.
The storage format — on-chain or off-chain — does not change the requirements for registration and investor protection. The same rules apply to such assets as to classical securities.
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🇦🇪 In the UAE launched the first US dollar stablecoin USDU, approved by the country's Central Bank — the token is registered under local regulation and is intended for official settlements.
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🎁 TOP-20 projects that could launch their own tokens in 2026.
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🐳 Financial giant Fidelity Investments launches its own stablecoin FIDD on Ethereum.
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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan is one of the leaders in the illegal outflow of capital from the country through cryptocurrencies — Tokayev.
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🪙 Ripple launched Ripple Treasury — a corporate treasury platform on the blockchain, combining fiat and digital asset management.
Essentially, Ripple offers corporations a full-fledged "crypto bank" with transparent reporting and control.
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⌚️ Jacob & Co unveiled the Epic X GoMining — a limited edition watch series (100 pieces) with a built-in miner.
Each device has a power of 1000 TH/s 🚬
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🪙 Ethereum announced the imminent launch of the **ERC-8004** standard in the mainnet — it will allow AI agents from different organizations to interact with each other, forming a unified market for AI services.
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☠️ Online leak was discovered affecting 149 million users: the 96 GB database contains logins, passwords, autofill data, and even keyboard press history.
Among those affected are about 420 000 Binance accounts, as well as Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, and other major services.
The cause is infostealer viruses, which infect devices through fake mods, "updates," and malicious extensions, stealing data directly from browsers.
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👻 In 24 hours, the crypto market lost about 5.5% of its capitalization: Bitcoin fell below $83,000, Ethereum is trading around $2,700, many altcoins dropped by 8-10%.
Over the past 24 hours, trader positions worth $1.7 billion were liquidated, and the fear and greed index is in the zone of extreme fear — 16.
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🪙 Ethereum Foundation and Vitalik Buterin announced the relaunch of The DAO under the name Unchained — now it is a network security support fund worth approximately $220 000 000.
The fund will be formed from 75 000 ETH, remaining unclaimed since 2016, with most of the funds planned to be sent for staking.
Originally, The DAO became a symbol of the Ethereum crisis after a hack and theft of 4.5% of ETH's issuance, which then led to the network's historical hard fork.
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👻 Bitcoin hit a new 2026 low.
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🪒 Investors accuse Cere Network project of $100,000,000 fraud — plaintiffs claim that insiders sold millions of dollars worth of tokens immediately after the ICO in 2021, which led to the collapse of the native token's price to virtually zero.
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🪙 The number of Solana validators decreased by 68% due to rising node maintenance costs, which led to the departure of small operators.
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📊 Crypto market trading volumes notably decreased — in January, turnover on CEX exchanges amounted to $1.1 trillion, this indicator could become the lowest since July 2025.
Data from CryptoQuant also confirms a decline in retail investor interest — the activity of small on-chain transactions has sharply decreased.
Despite significant altcoin drawdowns, investors remain cautious and are not rushing to buy.
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📈 Silver reached a new all-time high of $120.
In 29 days, the metal showed a return four times higher than the S&P 500 index for the entire year 2025.
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🤖 OpenAI is developing a bot-proof social network based on identity verification — for this, biometric methods are being considered, including Apple's Face ID and World project's Orbs technology.
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🇷🇺 The Bank of Russia proposed legalizing cryptocurrencies as currency valuables: they will be allowed to be bought and sold through banks, exchanges, and brokers, but their use for payments within the country will still be prohibited.
The laws are planned to be adopted by July 2026, and this effectively opens the way for crypto wallets directly in Russian banks.
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🇮🇷 Donald Trump realDonaldTrump/posts/115972658725010644">stated that a powerful naval group led by the aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln" is heading to Iran, surpassing in scale the forces previously sent to Venezuela.
According to him, the fleet is ready to quickly complete a combat mission if necessary, but the US expects Iran to enter negotiations and conclude a deal without nuclear weapons. Trump emphasized that Tehran's time to make a decision is rapidly running out 🚬
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🪒 The most famous meme-shitcoins have crashed on average by -95% from their highs with no signs of recovery.
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🍿 Vitalik Buterin said that last year he earned about $70 000 on the Polymarket prediction market, using capital of approximately $440 000.
He calls his strategy "sanity vs. madness mode": he looks for markets driven by irrational hysteria, and bets that "crazy things won't happen."
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🪙 Tether has become the largest known private holder of gold outside banks and states — the company owns over 140 tons of gold worth approximately $23 billion, which are stored in a nuclear bunker in Switzerland.
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💼 According to the report, in 2025, the number of vacancies in the crypto sector grew by 6% to 1801, with non-technical positions dominating.
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🇷🇺 A law allowing the FSB to completely disconnect mobile and landline internet, as well as telephone communications for Russians, was adopted in the first reading by the State Duma — operators will be obliged to comply with the demands of security forces for the "protection of citizens and the state from security threats."
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