🪙 On January 10, a victim of a large social engineering attack lost over $282 000 000 worth of cryptocurrencies in BTC and LTC.

After the theft, the attacker began laundering the funds, actively converting them into Monero, which provoked a sharp jump in XMR price, blockchain analyst ZachXBT reported.

A portion of the stolen bitcoins was also processed through the Thorchain protocol.

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🤖 AI farms are replacing classic mining: in China, dozens of streams are launched simultaneously, selling goods and earning $100 an hour.

The image and voice are completely generated by neural networks based on real videos — there are no live people in the process.

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🐳 A whale, who received 5000 BTC ($1.66 million at the time) 12 years ago, today sold 500 BTC for $48 million.

He still has 2500 BTC ($237.5 million) left, and the total profit exceeds $500 million.

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📊 Over the past day, about $783 million in longs were liquidated on the crypto market, and the total capitalization decreased by approximately $100 billion.

The main downward movement began after the opening of Japanese markets and American futures — BTC fell to $91 900, ETH below $3200, Solana — to $129, with altcoins suffering the most.

The market is belatedly reacting to geopolitical risks and threats of new tariffs from Trump.

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🪙 The average number of transactions on the Ethereum network has set another record, while the average gas fee dropped to a historical low — about $0.15.

Amid growing demand for staking, the number of validators wishing to exit the network has dropped to zero: since early 2026, major corporate players, including Bitmine and Sharplink, have been actively directing billions of dollars worth of ETH into staking.

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🖥 Mining company Canaan received a notification of a possible delisting from Nasdaq due to non-compliance with the exchange's price requirements — for the last 30 days, the company's shares traded below the minimum threshold of $1, currently the quotes are around $0.79.

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🗽 Anthony Scaramucci stated that the ban on stablecoin yield in the US undermines the dollar's position and plays into China's hands, where the digital yuan already offers interest.

According to him, American banks block such models, in order not to compete with stablecoin issuers, which makes the system less attractive for developing countries.

A similar position is shared by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, who believes that the Clarity Act weakens the market and limits users' financial opportunities.

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🤖 OpenAI plans to release its first physical device in 2026, marking the company's first step from the world of purely software AI services into the hardware sector.

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🇷🇺 A bill on fines for violations during mining was introduced in the State Duma of the Russian Federation:

1️⃣ Fines for mining in prohibited regions: citizens — up to 150 000 ₽; officials and individual entrepreneurs — up to 800 000 ₽ or disqualification; legal entities — 1–2 million ₽ or suspension of activity — confiscation of equipment in all cases.
2️⃣ For exceeding the energy consumption limit — up to 150 000 ₽.
3️⃣ For failing to provide data to the Federal Tax Service — fines up to 500 000 ₽.
4️⃣ For repeated violations: up to 1.5 million ₽ for citizens and up to 10 million ₽ for legal entities.

The goal of the initiative is to combat "gray" and "black" mining and protect the energy system.

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☠️ Protocol Makina hacked for $4 130 000.

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😂 Decentralized exchange Paradex based on Starknet yesterday rolled back the blockchain after a database migration error zeroed out the BTC price, which led to massive liquidations.

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🎖️ Gold again breaks price records — the price per ounce exceeded $4700.

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