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🪒 After the news that BitMEX will close permanently on September 23, the exchange's native token BMEX practically went to zero.

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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan introduces special rules for large-scale miners — access to cheap electricity will only be granted upon compliance with strict requirements and transfer of part of the mined cryptocurrency to the state reserve.

The new regulations will come into effect on August 1, 2026.

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📊 ETF futures became one of the main trends of 2026 — in 7 months, trading volume exceeded $116 billion, and the market grew by an average of 170% per month.

In July, 74% of all such trades went through Binance, and for individual instruments, the trading volumes on the exchange already exceeded those of the ETFs themselves.

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⛔️ Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is ceasing its operations permanently on September 23.

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🤖 A mathematician from Nizhny Tagil asked GPT-5.6 "to make a breakthrough" — and together with the AI disproved a hypothesis that had been considered true for about 30 years.

He simply asked the model to continue the proof and went to drink coffee, while it collected arguments for 80 minutes at a time.

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🤣 The Verus bridge was hacked again for $7,540,000.

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🇨🇭Swiss bank BancaStato launches cryptocurrency trading.

Earlier, UBS and five major Swiss banks started testing a stablecoin pegged to the Swiss franc.

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☠️ B² Network and AFX collectively lost about $28,000,000.

B² Network had $3.86 million stolen from a staking contract on BNB Chain, but the team promises compensation — from AFX, $24.15 million was withdrawn through a USDC bridge vulnerability and exchanged for 12,467 ETH, while mainnet trading continues to operate.

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🇯🇵 Japan may launch its first spot Bitcoin ETF as early as 2028 — the country's largest financial giants are already preparing products, and the potential market volume is estimated at 3 trillion yen ($18 billion) in just the first year after launch.

Previously, Japan officially reclassified cryptocurrencies into the category of "financial assets", effectively bringing their regulation closer to stocks and other investment instruments.

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🇺🇸 The US crypto industry directly provides approximately 34,000 jobs, and its contribution to the country's economy in 2026 is estimated at more than $55 billion.

Taking into account related industries, the sector already supports approximately 232,000 jobs.

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🇲🇱 Trump is considering strikes on Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Mali — this could be the eighth US military operation of his second term.

For markets, this is another risk — a new escalation could once again hit risk appetite and increase pressure on stocks and crypto.

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📊 The market capitalization of native CEX tokens (OKB, KCS, CRO, and others) fell by 42% from its all-time high — from $182.4 billion to $105 billion.

Since the beginning of 2026 alone, the sector has lost approximately 31% amidst a weak market and reduced trading activity.

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☠️ SecondFI closes after June's hack, during which the project lost $2,600,000 — in August the team promises to launch a tool for refunding funds and securely withdrawing remaining assets to other wallets.

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🗽 American institutional investors have been selling BTC via Coinbase for about 900 hours straight — such prolonged pessimism has not been observed for 2 years.

Historically, similar extremes often appeared near a market reversal upwards — CryptoQuant.

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📉 Algorithmic stablecoin Balance Coin (BLC) collapsed by more than 99% after the 42DAO hack for $915,000.

The lessons of Terra (LUNA) history still remain unlearned.

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🚬 Satsuma Technology closes after failed Bitcoin bet — shareholders supported liquidation, the sale of the remaining 668 BTC for approximately $43 million and delisting from the London Stock Exchange.

In 2025, the company raised about $220 million to buy BTC, but after the market crash, its shares plummeted by more than 99%.

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🇰🇿 Former Coinbase CTO to open Network School campus in Kazakhstan — the project unites crypto entrepreneurs, developers, and investors to launch Web3 startups, and the country's authorities have already signed a corresponding memorandum.

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🪒 Movement Labs, the developer of the Movement blockchain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US — one of the main problems was the sale of 66 million MOVE by a market maker immediately after listing, which triggered a sharp price drop.

Earlier, serious problems began for the Zilliqa project as well.

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⚡️ Durov announced the launch of a new wallet — already this summer 💎 Gram Wallet will be officially integrated into Telegram, opening up to users instant transfers without commissions.

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🇷🇺 The State Duma adopted a law, which legalizes the cryptocurrency market in Russia and defines its main participants, key points:

🔵 Brokers and management companies will be able to act as intermediaries between investors and Russian or foreign crypto infrastructure. For this, they will need additional licenses.
🔵 Official crypto exchangers will appear, who will be able to exchange cashless rubles for cryptocurrency and vice versa. They will have to register and comply with capital requirements.
🔵 For most participants, cryptocurrency will only be available as an investment tool. It is forbidden to pay with it within Russia.
🔵 An exception is made for foreign economic activity and crypto exchangers — they will be able to use cryptocurrency for paying for securities, digital rights, and other digital currencies.
🔵 Only large and liquid assets with a long trading history will be admitted to Russian exchanges. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT meet these criteria.
🔵 Individuals will have to pass testing. For unqualified investors, the Central Bank will separately set the maximum size of a crypto portfolio.

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