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🍿 Rumors are circulating in the market about the difficult situation of the crypto exchange Gemini — in social networks and specialized chats, people are actively discussing possible financial difficulties and internal problems of the company.
The reason for the FUD was reports about layoffs, changes in strategy, and decreased activity in certain areas. There are no official statements about a critical situation yet.
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☠️ On the IoTeX network, allegedly, a leak occurred of private keys: attackers withdrew all funds from the project's token safe.
The damage is estimated at approximately $4 300 000.
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🇷🇺 Russian operators are now obliged to disconnect communications at the request of the FSB — Putin signed the corresponding law.
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🇺🇸 Trump said he has a backup plan regarding tariffs.
Goldman Sachs: the Supreme Court's decision will not overturn tariffs, the Trump administration will use an alternative legal basis.
According to analysts, if tariffs are abolished, US losses from compensating countries for damages from Trump's duties will exceed $175 billion.
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🗽 Changpeng Zhao arrived in the US for the first time after prison and attended the crypto summit of the World Liberty Financial project at Donald Trump's residence.
Previously, Binance admitted violations in the US and paid a $3.4 billion fine, Zhao himself paid $50 million and served four months in prison, and in 2025 received a pardon from Trump. Media wrote about possible ties between WLFI and Binance during the launch of the USD1 stablecoin, but the parties deny this.
The event was also attended by representatives of major banks, exchanges, and regulators.
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🚓 The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announced the uncovering of a scheme to launder $12,900,000 in the interests of the former Minister of Energy.
According to the investigation, the funds were laundered through foreign funds, accounts in Swiss banks, and cryptocurrency transactions (presumably USDT).
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⚡️ Foreign crypto exchanges and exchangers will be able to operate on the Russian market through subsidiaries registered in Russia.
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🇷🇺 The first operations with cryptocurrencies, if the relevant law is adopted, may take place before the end of 2026 — Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
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🇭🇷 After the revision of tax rules in Croatia, investors holding cryptocurrency for more than 2 years are exempt from capital gains tax when converting to fiat — for such long-term holders, the rate is effectively 0% instead of the usual 12% when selling earlier than two years.
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🪙 The Bitcoin Lightning Network already processes over $1 billion in monthly transactions — a significant increase in volume began in 2025.
Despite this, many still call the network "stillborn" and doubt its relevance.
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🗽 Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will launch 24/7 trading of crypto futures and options on May 29.
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🦅 Putin stated that cryptocurrency is increasingly used by terrorist and criminal structures as a means of settlement and obtaining illegal income, while new forms of digital crimes are emerging.
According to him, current legislation does not always keep up with the development of technology, therefore the Supreme Court should promptly develop unified approaches and, if necessary, initiate changes in laws.
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🕊 Hackers returned 321 BTC stolen from the South Korean prosecutor's office — these are funds that were stolen in August 2025 through a phishing attack.
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💸 Coinbase launched a new lending program, which allows US customers to borrow up to $100,000 in USDC using XRP, DOGE, ADA, and LTC as collateral.
Previously, the exchange allowed US users to borrow up to 1,000,000 USDC using cbETH as collateral — tokenized staked Ethereum.
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🚬 Nabiullina proposed a legislative ban on cryptocurrency operations outside the official regulated field — the proposal has already been sent by the Bank of Russia to the government for discussion.
"People sell cryptocurrency and in return receive money that was stolen by fraudsters from honest people. In fact, these cryptocurrency sellers become unwitting participants in a fraudulent scheme."
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🖥 Mining company Bitdeer sold 943 BTC, completely selling off its reserves.
Amid declining margins and post-halving pressure, difficult times are coming for miners — many have to liquidate assets to maintain liquidity and cover expenses.
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🚓 Also, the President of the Russian Federation signed a law on the seizure of cryptocurrency in criminal cases.
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🪙 The market supply volume of USDT in February decreased by $1.5 billion — in January, the token's capitalization also lost $1.2 billion.
Maintaining the trend means that USDT could record its largest supply drop since December 2022 by the end of the last month of winter, when investors withdrew $2 billion from Tether's flagship asset after the FTX collapse.
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🔥 U.S. Supreme Court overturned Trump's global tariffs.
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💎 Over the past 6 months, XAUT worth an amount equivalent to 94 tons of gold, paying only 0.0016% in fees was transferred on the blockchain, — reported the CEO of Tether.
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🐸 Vitalik Buterin bet $148,000 on Polymarket that the US will not confirm the existence of aliens before 2027.
Earlier, Trump stated that he would disclose information about UFOs and extraterrestrial life.
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🦅 The Central Bank of the Russian Federation stated that not only banks will be able to engage in the storage of cryptocurrencies in the Russian Federation — custodians will not require a banking license.
Their activities will be regulated according to a model close to the regulation of depositories in the traditional financial market.
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🤖 Vitalik Buterin spoke against fully autonomous AI agents — the further AI is from human control, the higher the systemic risks and the more "garbage" content instead of benefit.
He emphasized that models operate on centralized servers like OpenAI and Anthropic, so talks about self-sovereign are currently conditional, and AI development requires a clear choice of direction to avoid dangerous scenarios.
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🪙 More than 1.5 million SOL ($126,000,000) have been unlocked on an unknown wallet.
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🪒 In the last 24 hours, OP (Optimism) collapsed by 25% after the news that Coinbase is moving away from Optimism Stack and will develop its own solution.
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👻 According to Google Trends, the number of searches for "Bitcoin going to zero" ("Биткоин обнулится") has reached a maximum since the FTX crash in November 2022.
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🔌 Data centers and miners consume about 29.5 billion kWh per year, which accounts for 2.4% of Russia's total electricity consumption, — stated the power system operator.
Against the backdrop of the mining ban, analysts forecast a decrease to 26.15 billion kWh (2.2% of the total volume).
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🇦🇪 UAE Royal Family owns Bitcoins worth $454 000 000 through structures associated with the mining company Citadel Mining.
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⚙️ Ethereum Foundation outlined 3 priorities for Ethereum's development for the next year:
1️⃣ Scale — increasing the gas limit to 100 million, expanding L2 throughput, and preparing for parallel transaction processing.
2️⃣ Improve UX — implementing smart wallets at the protocol level and simplifying interaction between different L2s.
3️⃣ Harden the L1 — strengthening security, increasing censorship resistance, and preparing for quantum threats.
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🪙 Banking giant Bank of America 17 times increased its stake in BitMine — to 3.1 million shares ($86 million).
Recall that BitMine owns over 4,300,000 ETH, which accounts for 3.6% of the coin's total supply.
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