Daily Summary — April 13

Lead stories

In India, a Bitcoin wallet has been developed that can be installed on an old phone, hidden, and disguised as any app.

In Russia, traders suspected of a Pump & Dump scheme have been detained. It is alleged they artificially boosted shares of major companies through aggressive buying, then sold at the peak.

Hackers breached the Hyperbridge bridge and, through a fake message, gained control over the Polkadot token contract on the Ethereum network.

Strategy acquired an additional 13,927 Bitcoin for approximately $1 billion.

The Central Bank of Russia clarified that it allows the use of cryptocurrency not for investments, but primarily for “socially significant” transfers under current restrictions.

The Trump family’s World Liberty Financial project has come under scrutiny after reports of a hidden function in its smart contract that allows freezing and seizing users’ tokens.

The European Central Bank supported the idea of transferring oversight of major crypto companies from individual countries to a unified EU regulator — European Securities and Markets Authority.

American musician Garrett Dutton (Garrett Dutton) lost 5.9 Bitcoin (~$420,000) after installing a fake Ledger app and entering his seed phrase.

According to the head of Galaxy Research, Bitcoin and artificial intelligence are moving in opposite directions.

In Russia, criminal liability may be introduced for “gray” crypto circulation. Illegal transactions causing damage starting from 3.5 million rubles could result in up to 4 years in prison, and up to 7 years for organized groups.

The Ethereum network set a new record with over 3.6 million transactions processed in a single day.

In Irkutsk Oblast, miners are increasingly disguising farms as “chicken coop heating,” greenhouses, or even wood drying facilities.

Several former crypto “unicorns,” once valued at billions of dollars, have nearly lost all their value.

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