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Addresses linked to the Belarusian exchange WhiteBird have started appearing in AML services as sanctioned.
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Iran launched the Hormuz Safe platform, where ships can pay in Bitcoin for “insurance” to pass through the Strait of Hormuz — one of the world’s key oil routes.
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Rosfinmonitoring wants to regulate crypto exchange services almost like banks — with strict oversight, rules, and liability requirements.
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Strategy purchased another 24,869 BTC worth $2 billion at an average price of $80,985 per BTC — the company now holds 843,738 BTC.
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El Salvador continues stubbornly buying 1 Bitcoin every single day — the country now holds 7,652 BTC worth around $604 million.
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Harvard’s investment fund continues reducing its exposure to crypto — it cut its stake in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF by another 43% and fully exited the Ethereum ETF.
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Years of anonymity on the darknet ended because of one “brilliant” idea — buying gold bars with crypto and ordering home delivery.
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The bridge between Verus and Ethereum was hacked, resulting in the theft of $11,600,000.
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Donald Trump’s administration has become the most crypto-friendly in U.S. history — more than 20% of senior officials and candidates have declared crypto assets or investments in blockchain companies.
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A 42-year-old Ukrainian woman known under the alias “Lola Ferrari” was extradited from Thailand to the United States in connection with the Forsage crypto pyramid case.
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Vitalik Buterin believes that powerful AI models will soon begin massively discovering vulnerabilities in code — which could seriously impact crypto, ZK technologies, STARKs, and post-quantum infrastructure.
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A vulnerability was discovered in DeepSeek, causing the chatbot in some cases to send fragments from other users’ conversations — including, in certain instances, personal data.
