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⛩ Metaplanet raised $531 million to buy BTC — the company plans to increase its portfolio to 100,000 BTC by the end of 2026 and to 210,000 BTC by 2027.
Currently, Metaplanet already holds 35,102 BTC on its balance sheet.
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🪙 It seems Tether is increasingly transforming from a stablecoin issuer into a full-fledged investment giant — over the past year, the company has disclosed over $1.6 billion in investments in various industries — from media and fintech to sports, gold, and biotechnology:
🔵 Rumble — $785 million
🔵 Elemental Royalty — $250 million
🔵 Juventus FC — $150 million
🔵 Gold com — $150 million
🔵 Anchorage Digital — $100 million
🔵 Gold Royalty — $90 million
🔵 Generative Bionics — $82 million
The irony is that many still perceive Tether simply as a "USDT printing company," but in fact, it is already one of the most active investors in the industry.
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🖥 The AI data center boom has once again raised an old question: what if miners massively abandon Bitcoin and go to earn money on AI, where "money is currently flowing faster"?
Some worry that this will weaken the network, but cryptographer Adam Back reminds: everything in Bitcoin self-regulates — miners leave, difficulty drops, and mining becomes profitable again.
Simply put, if AI temporarily "outbids" for electricity, the network will simply wait it out and automatically adjust.
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🪙 Big players are actively accumulating Ethereum again:
🔵 ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees after a year-long pause bought 23,393 ETH for approximately $49 million.
🔵 A wallet linked to an early Ethereum developer, 0xbilly, bought an additional 7,769 ETH for $17.5 million.
🔵 In parallel, 20,000 ETH ($44.8 million) was withdrawn from Coinbase.
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☠️ DeFi protocol Venus Protocol was attacked using a flash loan: the attacker pledged a large volume of THE and borrowed assets, withdrawing approximately $3,700,000 — approximately 20 BTC, 1.5 million CAKE, and 200 BNB.
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🪙 Ethereum Foundation sold 5 000 ETH ($10.2 million) via OTC company BitMine — the funds will go towards protocol development, grants, and the growth of the Ethereum ecosystem.
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💸 Coinbase is negotiating talks with Bybit about a possible partnership — if the deal goes through, Bybit could get a chance to enter the regulated US market, and Coinbase could strengthen its position by collaborating with one of the largest international exchanges.
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🪙 Ethereum Foundation published a new mandate in which they emphasized that their task is not to manage Ethereum, but to protect its original idea — user control over their assets and data.
According to Buterin, Ethereum must become a "refuge technology" — a system where no one can fully control the network, and users always have an escape route from any centralized system.
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☠️ FBI announced the dismantling of the global hacker proxy service SocksEscort — as part of the operation, dozens of servers and domains were seized and millions of dollars in cryptocurrency were frozen.
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🗽 The U.S. Senate supported ban on the issuance of a digital dollar until December 31, 2030 — The Federal Reserve System (FRS) and regional banks are prohibited from issuing a CBDC or any digital asset that essentially performs similar functions.
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🤣 Trump is once again organizing a gala dinner for holders of the TRUMP shitcoin — On April 25th, 297 of the largest hodlers will be invited to Mar-a-Lago, and 29 VIPs will get a personal meeting.
The token jumped 18% on the news, but is still hovering about 95% below its high — a dinner is a dinner, but the previous pump is a long way off.
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🪒 User exchanged 50 400 000 USDT for $36 200 — a crypto trader tried to buy AAVE for $50 000 000 through the Aave interface, but received only 324 AAVE ($36 000), confirming the transaction with 99% slippage, despite the warning.
As a result, a $34 million profit was taken by block builder Titan, and the Aave team is now trying to contact the trader to at least return the fees ($600,000).
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🧠 Vitalik Buterin stated that the main function of blockchains is NOT payments at all, and not even smart contracts.
According to him, such networks primarily function as a censorship-resistant "public bulletin board" where anyone can write and read data.
Payments come second in importance, and smart contracts only third.
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🪙 Today BlackRock launches a new Ethereum ETF with a staking function.
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🇷🇺 The State Duma approved a law on fines for mining — for mining cryptocurrency in prohibited regions, individuals can be fined up to 150,000 rubles, and companies — up to 2,000,000 rubles with confiscation of equipment, and for repeated violations, fines for legal entities can reach 10 million rubles.
They will also punish for mining without registration in the FNS (Federal Tax Service) register, exceeding power consumption limits, and operating mining infrastructure without permission.
The authorities believe this will help bring the industry "out of the shadows" and reduce the load on the energy system.
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🐳 Strategy bought more 22 337 BTC at an average price of $70 194 per 1 BTC — now the company's balance holds 761 068 BTC, acquired at a price of $75 696 per coin.
Analysts suggest that Strategy is capable of accumulating 1 million BTC by the end of the year.
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🇰🇿 In Kazakhstan, a batch of mining equipment worth over $1,000,000, which they tried to illegally export to Russia, was confiscated.
At the Aiyat checkpoint, customs discovered 8 tons of equipment, and the exporter did not have an export license.
The Kostanay regional court, following an appeal by the prosecutor's office, ruled to transfer all equipment into state ownership.
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🍿 An investigation into the shitcoin LIBRA revealed a document detailing alleged payments of $5 000 000 for its promotion, linked to Argentine President Javier Milei.
The materials were found on the devices of crypto lobbyist Mauricio Novelli — correspondence indicates coordination between participants and contacts with the president's inner circle before publications about the token.
Following Milei's public support, LIBRA's capitalization briefly exceeded $4.5 billion, but then collapsed by 96%, while wallets associated with the project withdrew about $107 million.
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🪙 Bitcoin is above $74,000—a month high.
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🇦🇲 The Armenian Stock Exchange is considering launching its own crypto platform, where digital assets can be traded and token placements like ICOs can be conducted.
According to the head of the platform, the project is still under discussion, but with the participation of an international partner, it could be implemented by the end of 2026.
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❄️ Tether today froze an address with a balance of almost $12,000,000 USDT — such blockages usually occur at the request of law enforcement agencies.
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🪙 On crypto exchanges there is currently the minimum amount of BTC since November 2017 — more and more coins are moving to cold wallets, which means the available supply for sale is decreasing.
History has already shown: when BTC is massively withdrawn from exchanges, the market usually prepares for sharper movements.
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💰 After the Fusaka update on the Ethereum network, the number of address spoofing attacks sharply increased — "dust" stablecoin transfers jumped by more than 600%.
Scammers send millions of micro-transactions so that their fake addresses appear in wallet history and look "familiar".
The calculation is simple: the user copies an address from recent transactions, doesn't notice the spoofing, and sends money to the attacker themselves. Due to low fees, such a scheme has become cheap and widespread — thousands of attempts for one successful transfer.
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🚓 In the Stavropol Krai, a couple set up a mining farm right in their garage and mined crypto for a year and a half, having connected to electricity bypassing the meter — according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, during this time they "burned" energy worth over 2,000,000 rubles, now a criminal case has been opened against them.
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🪙 Ethereum has an "adoption paradox" — the network is breaking activity records, but the price is falling, according to CryptoQuant.
If the bear market continues, analysts allow for a drawdown to approximately $1500 by the end of 2026.
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🛢 The US temporarily allowed to sell Russian oil if it was loaded onto tankers before March 12 — such deals will be valid until April 11, even if the vessels themselves are under sanctions.
Restrictions remain on new deliveries, and the easing is explained by a jump in oil prices after the war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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🏦 Financial giants Morgan Stanley and Cliffwater limited withdrawals from their corporate credit funds after a sharp influx of investor requests.
In one of Cliffwater's funds, investors requested to withdraw 14% of assets, but received only 7%, while in Morgan Stanley's fund, less than half of the requests were satisfied due to a 5% limit.
Against the backdrop of money outflow, the direct lending market, valued at approximately $1.8 trillion, is beginning to face liquidity problems, which could intensify pressure on corporate loans and increase default risks.
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🤣 In California, a class action lawsuit has been filed against JPMorgan Chase: the bank is accused of facilitating a $328,000,000 crypto Ponzi scheme, organized by Goliath Ventures.
According to the plaintiffs, JPMorgan accounts became a key channel for the movement of investor funds — about $253 million passed through the bank, and another $123 million was sent to crypto wallets hosted on Coinbase.
The plaintiffs believe that without the banking infrastructure, the scheme simply would not have been able to operate.
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🖥 At VanEck believe, that Bitcoin miners have unexpectedly found a "goldmine" — their data centers and energy capacities are perfectly suited for AI infrastructure.
Therefore, companies like Core Scientific and Riot Platforms are actively reconfiguring: they are selling some BTC and investing in artificial intelligence capacities.
Investors have already appreciated this — over the year, the shares of these miners have grown by more than 90%.
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⌨️ The blockchain ecosystem has faced a massive outflow of developers — since the beginning of 2025, the weekly number of commits has fallen from 850,000 to 210,000, and the number of active developers has decreased to approximately 4,600.
It seems that some of the talent is gradually shifting to a hotter sector — AI, where the main hype and investments are currently concentrated.
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