Daily Summary — April 9

Lead stories

The Central Bank of Russia stated that when developing crypto regulations, its goal was to bring crypto circulation out of the “gray zone.”

Pavel Durov commented on the update of the TON blockchain, noting that this is just 1 of 7 steps in the “Make TON Great Again” program. The next step will be reducing fees by 6x.

Visa introduced a platform that enables purchases using autonomous artificial intelligence.

According to Vladimir Chistyukhin, non-residents will be able to conduct crypto transactions in Russia through local intermediaries.

The Central Bank of Russia announced that in regulated crypto exchange platforms, it will not be possible to convert Bitcoin into cash rubles — all transactions will be allowed only in non-cash form.

Scammers are increasingly selling fake hardware wallets with pre-generated seed phrases, and later drain the funds.

In Moscow, authorities have started issuing fines for paying for large purchases abroad using crypto, classifying it as a violation of currency control rules.

Bithumb has begun seizing assets of users who failed to return 7 BTC mistakenly credited during a promotion.

Circle launched CPN Managed Payments, a platform that allows banks and payment services to settle transactions in USDC (a stablecoin) without holding crypto assets — all infrastructure and compliance remain on Circle’s side.

Changpeng Zhao предложил to make a $1 billion bet.

A solo miner with ~70 TH/s (roughly one Bitmain Antminer S17+) mined Bitcoin block #944306 and earned 3.128 BTC (~$222,000).

The regulator in Dubai released the first global framework for crypto asset issuance, clearly defining categories and setting requirements for licensing, reserves, and disclosures.

A developer proposed a way to protect Bitcoin wallets from quantum attacks by proving ownership without revealing sensitive data.

Bitcoin Depot reported a $3.7M hack — the attacker gained access to systems and withdrew about 50.9 BTC from corporate wallets.

Binance remains the largest liquidity hub, accounting for ~32% of spot and ~40% of derivatives even amid market slowdown.

Monthly transaction volume via crypto cards reached around $600M in March 2026 — more than 3x higher than the same period in 2025.

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