🤖 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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🤪 PumpFun launches Pump Fund — a new investment arm, focused on startups within its own ecosystem.

Can there be too many shitcoins?

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🪙 Over 36 300 000 ETH (30% of the total supply) is staked in the Ethereum network — an all-time high.

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🪙 Strategy additionally acquired 22 305 BTC for $2.13 billion, purchase price — $95 284 per 1 BTC.

Now the company's balance holds 709 715 BTC, with an average purchase price of about $75 979 per 1 BTC.

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🪙 Tether burned 3 billion USDT, and prior to that minted 1 billion.

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🔮 According to Ripple's president's forecast, 2026 will be a turning point for the crypto industry — crypto will finally integrate into the global financial system and cease to be perceived as an alternative to traditional finance.

1️⃣ Stablecoins will become the basic infrastructure for global settlements, and will become the standard for 24/7 payments, B2B settlements, and financial collateral. The main growth will come from corporate payments, the volume of which already reaches $76 billion per year, which will allow companies to free up hundreds of billions of dollars in working capital.

2️⃣ Institutional adoption will accelerate: by the end of 2026, companies' balance sheets will hold over $1 trillion in digital assets, and about 50% of Fortune 500 companies will form full-fledged strategies for working with them. Crypto ETFs, which currently occupy only 1–2% of the US ETF market, retain significant growth potential, and up to 5–10% of capital market settlements will move to an on-chain format.

3️⃣ The market will enter a phase of maturity through consolidation: M&A volume in the crypto industry has already reached $8.6 billion. Custody of digital assets will become a key element of institutional infrastructure; more than half of the world's largest banks will form new custody partnerships and begin using multi-custodial models for risk management.

4️⃣ The combination of blockchain and AI will launch mass automation of financial processes. Stablecoins and smart contracts will provide real-time liquidity and collateral management, AI will be responsible for dynamic RWA rebalancing, and ZK technologies will enhance privacy and reduce regulatory risks.

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🗽 The US Secretary of the Treasury confirmed that the administration continues to work on forming a national Bitcoin reserve:

🔵 The US has completely stopped selling confiscated BTC.
🔵 The next stage is replenishing the reserve with seized and confiscated assets: after settling damages, such BTC will not be sold but will be credited to the state's digital reserve.
🔵 The administration is betting on the return of the crypto industry to the US, setting a course for clear regulation and support for innovation.
🔵 Against this backdrop, the policy of the Joe Biden administration, which nearly undermined the digital asset sector, is effectively being revised.

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🍀 A solo miner who rented hashrate via NiceHash for approximately $90, mined block #933034 and received 3.1 BTC ($282 000).

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🤖 OpenAI have started implementing in ChatGPT an age prediction system, which automatically applies enhanced safety measures for underage users.

Age is determined by behavioral factors, and if in doubt, the system chooses a safer mode. Adult users can correct erroneous classification through verification.

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