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⚡️ The Russian State Duma has finally adopted a law on cryptocurrency market regulation, which establishes rules for the operation of exchanges, brokers, exchangers, and other industry participants — the document comes into force on September 1, 2026 and defines the procedure for buying, selling, storing, and using cryptocurrencies in Russia.

The main beneficiaries of the new regulation, as expected, will be Russian banks and large financial organizations.

At the same time, withdrawing cryptocurrency into rubles through conventional methods will become more restricted, and operations with non-custodial wallets in Russian infrastructure will become less accessible.

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✊ SEC sued Mining Automatic and its founder over an alleged $22,000,000 scam — of the money from over 380 investors, only about 13% went to actual mining.

The rest was spent on marketing, personal expenses, and third-party projects. The regulator demands the return of funds, payment of fines, and a ban on the founder from selling securities.

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🪙 Ancient Bitcoin whale, who held 5000 BTC since 2013, sold the last 1000 BTC — the coins bought then for approximately $1,600,000 ultimately brought in about $434,000,000.

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☠️ Wanchain bridge for Cardano was exploited — hackers withdrew NIGHT tokens worth $9,000,000.

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🪙 An ICO Ethereum participant woke up, who in 2014 bought 2000 ETH for only $620 — now these coins are worth about $3,790,000, a growth of more than 6000x.

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🤖 Vitalik Buterin «vibecoded for fun» a prototype of an anonymous bulletin board based on the private L2 network Aztec — the user deposits ETH, publishes a message without linking it to an address, and a local LLM checks the content according to rules from a smart contract. The experiment clearly shows what private Web3 services with automatic moderation could look like.

In parallel, Buterin wrote, that humanity is approaching the end of its era of complete dominance — he considers the true point of no return not the moment when AI replaces humans in most professions, but when it can independently sustain the development of civilization without human involvement.

The best scenario, in his opinion, is — an alliance of humans and AI, open competition between models, and the ability to slow down technological development in time.

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🇮🇷 Iranian media group Explosive Media began accepting donations in TON, BTC, ETH, SOL, and USDT to support its content.

The group is associated with pro-Iranian propaganda, and experts warn that such transfers could fall under US sanctions restrictions due to possible ties to sanctioned organizations.

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🇻🇳 From September 1 in Vietnam, for trading cryptocurrency through unlicensed exchanges and exchangers, they will be **fined** up to $1900 — for illegal token issuance and serious AML violations, fines can reach $7700, and assets may be confiscated.

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☠️ The team Zilliqa (blockchain launched in 2017) announced that one of the partner exchanges had ZIL coins stolen from a cold wallet, after which the platforms were asked to temporarily halt deposits and withdrawals of the coin.

The amount and name of the exchange have not yet been disclosed — but it looks very much like another blockchain will soon be "on its way out".

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🪙 Tether has about two years left to adapt USDT to the requirements of the GENIUS Act — otherwise, starting July 2028, US exchanges and services will not be able to offer the stablecoin.

Previously, the company already virtually left the regulated EU market due to MiCA, and now similar pressure is starting in the US.

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📊 Over the past 60 days, Bitcoin whales have accumulated 66,700 BTC, while mid-sized holders sold 77,800 BTC.

Large players continue to collect coins on dips, taking supply from those exiting the market.

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🇷🇺 The Russian State Duma plans to adopt the law on cryptocurrency regulation on July 21 immediately in the second and third readings, Aksakov said.

The main provisions should come into force on September 1 and legalize the use of crypto for investments and foreign trade settlements.

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🪙 Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya believes that BTC currently has two major problems — free money is going into stocks and prediction markets, and it's more profitable to direct electricity to AI than to mining.

Previously, Chamath was one of the most ardent Bitcoin bulls — as early as 2013, he called BTC his "best bet," advised holding about 1% of capital in it, and later predicted growth first to $200,000, then above $1 million.

In 2023, he sharply stated that "crypto is dead in the US" due to regulatory pressure, but he did not completely abandon the long-term idea of Bitcoin as "digital gold."

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🤖 AI agents are rapidly changing the crypto security market — attackers use them to automate phishing, vulnerability scanning, and obfuscation, while analytical companies respond with agents that independently track transactions, cross-bridge transfers, and connections between addresses.

Chainalysis is already preparing Blockchain Intelligence Agents, while SlowMist has launched TrackAgent for investigations across dozens of networks — it seems the next big race won't be specifically between hackers and analysts, but between whose agents will be faster and smarter.

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🏙 Akon City was supposed to become a "$6 billion African Dubai" with its own Akoin cryptocurrency, skyscrapers, and a city of the future, but 8 years later, instead of a metropolis, only an unfinished Welcome Center remains — Wakanda remained just a dream.

Now the Akon project is called one of the loudest scams failures of the crypto-hype era.

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⚖️ Andrew and Tristan Tate detained in Miami at the request of the UK — U.S. Marshals Service officers arrested the brothers after British prosecutors requested their extradition in a case involving sexual offenses and human trafficking.

Andrew Tate was charged with dozens of offenses, including rape, assault, and organizing human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Tate has long been associated with the crypto market — he promoted shitcoins on Solana, launched crypto projects, and publicly discussed earnings from digital assets. Earlier, analysts accused him of promoting tokens that sharply lost value after hype, but Tate himself denied any wrongdoing.

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🚓 The FBI arrested a hacker who hid viruses inside Steam games — infected games looked like normal, but after installation stole passwords, data, and access to crypto wallets.

In total, about 8000 devices were affected, and the damage amounted to at least $220,000 in cryptocurrency.

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🤡 The cost of a subscription to "Trump's insights" will be $100,000 per month.

It seems now we know what to ask for for a birthday 🚬

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📉 The Coinbase Premium Index, which shows the price difference of BTC on Coinbase and other exchanges, has gone into the negative zone for a record 60 consecutive days — this indicates abnormally weak demand from American investors.

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🇹🇼 The organizer of the BitShine crypto exchange in Taiwan was sentenced to 22 years in prison — through the scheme, over 1,500 people were defrauded of $39,000,000.

Money was laundered through USDT and transferred abroad through a network of fraudulent groups.

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