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🇷🇺 The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation wants to exempt the services of official crypto exchangers and digital depositories from VAT, if they operate through the Central Bank's register.
In essence, the authorities are preparing a separate "legal" crypto infrastructure: only large Russian companies with a turnover of 3.5 million rubles or more and a license will be able to exchange crypto.
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☘️ Another solo miner mined block Bitcoin and earned 3.14 BTC ($210,000).
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📉 Spot volumes on TOP-10 crypto exchanges in the first quarter of 2026 fell by almost 39% — from $4.04 trillion to $2.47 trillion.
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📖 CZ presented his autobiographical book «Freedom of Money» («Freedom of Money»).
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😂 Donald Trump recruited Mike Tyson — the boxing legend will give a speech at a gala dinner for holders of the shitcoin TRUMP on April 25.
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🪙 Circle is preparing the launch of its own wrapped Bitcoin cirBTC — the project aims to compete with Coinbase and BitGo and work with institutional clients.
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🤖 Coinbase, Stripe, and Cloudflare have practically begun a fight for "Visa for AI": they are creating a fund at the Linux Foundation to promote x402 — a standard by which AI agents and programs will be able to pay for APIs, data, and computations in crypto without human involvement.
Approximately 20 large companies have already joined the project, including Microsoft, Google, and Amazon Web Services, so ecosystem support may decide which standard will become the foundation of the future "machine economy."
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🤖 Vitalik Buterin warned about the dangers of using AI agents, such as OpenClaw, due to security and privacy issues — 15% of OpenClaw's skills contain malicious instructions that can send data to external servers without the user's knowledge.
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👁 Russian Federation residents (individuals and companies) may be obliged to notify the FNS of Russia about the opening and closing of foreign crypto wallets and report on transactions — within one month from the moment of changes.
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📊 In March, spot trading volume on DEXs fell to $155 billion — this is the lowest level since September 2024.
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💰 Total losses of Drift Protocol reached $285,000,000 — the crypto community criticized Circle for not freezing exploit-related funds in USDC, despite having such an opportunity.
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☠️ Drift Protocol was exploited for over $200,000,000.
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⛔️ The Ministry of Energy of the Moscow Region wants to ban cryptocurrency mining in Moscow and the region, stating that it consumes about 1 GW of energy without tangible benefit to the economy.
Also under consideration are restrictions on the placement of large data centers and a ban on their direct connection to power grids.
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🪙 Vitalik Buterin stated that a 51% attack on Ethereum would cost $48 billion — while attackers risk losing a significant portion of funds due to penalties, soft forks, and community reaction.
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🇷🇺 From April 1st, banks in Russia will no longer be able to issue loans, relying simply on card turnover or spending levels.
Now, to get a loan approved, one will have to officially confirm income, therefore, for people with 'gray' incomes, freelance work, or income from crypto, getting a loan will become noticeably more difficult.
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🍿 ZachXBT harshly criticized Circle, stating that the company has been failing its own "compliance" for years — only since 2022, there have been at least 15 cases with losses exceeding $420 million, where Circle could have frozen stolen USDC, but reacted too late or did nothing at all.
The main example is the recent hack of Drift Protocol: the hacker calmly withdrew $230 million in USDC via Circle's bridge over six hours, while the company took no action.
ZachXBT also recalled similar delays after the Nomad Bridge and Mango Markets hacks, noting that even Tether usually reacts faster in such situations.
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💸 Among Ukrainian civil servants, police officers declared the most cryptocurrency — almost 500 people.
Next come prosecutors and military personnel, with interest in crypto growing most strongly among the army and already surpassing judges, mayors, and local deputies.
In total, 2783 officials declared cryptocurrency — this is more than 30% more than a year ago. Besides Bitcoin and Ethereum, the declarations even revealed memecoins like HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu.
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🪙 Two months after the launch of the ERC-8004 standard, it was revealed that 8 out of 20 top AI agents learned to boost each other's reputation through feedback.
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💸 Coinbase received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to operate as a federal trust bank — this will allow the company to directly provide custodial and trust services without intermediaries, cheaper and more convenient for institutional clients.
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🖥 MARA Holdings cut approximately 15% of its employees, shifting its focus to energy and digital infrastructure amid a $1.3 billion loss for 2025 and the sale of over 15,000 BTC to cover debt.
In parallel, Riot Platforms is also experiencing pressure on profitability — the company sold 3,778 BTC in the first quarter.
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🪙 Bitcoin has stopped simply reacting to Fed decisions and is increasingly starting to price in future policy changes in advance.
After the launch of Bitcoin ETFs in 2024, the market is increasingly driven by institutional investors who think 6–12 months ahead, which is why Bitcoin is becoming more an indicator of the future cycle than a reaction to already published news.
According to Binance research, it was after the arrival of ETFs and large funds that the correlation changed: previously Bitcoin followed central bank policy easing, but now it often moves even before the Fed announces anything.
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🪙 Metaplanet became the third largest public company with BTC on its balance sheet.
The leader remains the same — Strategy, which owns 762,099 BTC.
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🇷🇺 A bill has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, which introduces fines of up to 1 million rubles for selling cryptocurrency to ordinary people without mandatory testing.
In fact, the authorities want to allow access to crypto only through licensed platforms and for those who have confirmed that they understand the risks.
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⛩ Japanese Metaplanet bought an additional 5075 BTC — the company now holds 40 177 BTC on its balance sheet.
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🇷🇺 In Russia, a law is being prepared that from July 1, 2026, may legalize investments in cryptocurrency — but only through licensed Russian platforms, brokers, and managers.
All operations will be obliged to be conducted through such intermediaries with compliance to AML norms, and banks will be prohibited from transferring funds to illegal and foreign crypto services without their involvement.
At the same time, investors will retain access to international operations, but with reporting to the Federal Tax Service and restrictions for unqualified participants.
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🇮🇷 Donald Trump stated that the US is not going to protect the Strait of Hormuz instead of other countries: according to him, those who depend on oil from the region should secure it themselves or buy fuel from America.
He also promised to continue strikes on Iran in the next 2-3 weeks, stating that the country has already lost most of its army, navy, and air defense.
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🏦 Sovcombank plans to launch the first cryptocurrency operations for clients as early as 2026, if the necessary regulation appears in Russia.
First and foremost, qualified investors may gain access, and the bank itself wants to prepare all the infrastructure for working with crypto assets in advance.
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🐋 Arkham published a TOP of the largest on-chain crypto holders: Binance leads ($136 billion), followed by Coinbase and Satoshi Nakamoto.
The TOP-10 also included BlackRock, Fidelity, the US government, and Robinhood, which made it into the top ten for the first time.
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🇨🇺 The Central Bank of Cuba has allowed 10 companies to use cryptocurrencies for international settlements — licenses were issued as part of a one-year experimental regime.
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☠️ Hackers hacked a wallet with 8662 ETH through social engineering — after which they began transferring the stolen coins via THORChain and depositing them to the HitBTC exchange.
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