Declan Byrne

@cz_binance
WARNS “Countries will print money like crazy just to buy Bitcoin!”

Global FOMO is real. The next Bitcoin bull run might not be retail-driven… it could be NATION-DRIVEN!

Raks Exchange, a major cryptocurrency service that operated with 20 of the largest darknet marketplaces and had an audience of over 5 million people and was considered a reliable tool in the criminal world, has been shut down in Kazakhstan.

MetaMask wallet will also soon launch futures trading (Perp DEX).

The queue to become an Ethereum validator has reached a two-year high, with over 860,000 ETH (around $3.7 billion) currently waiting to be staked.

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Block, founded by Jack Dorsey, is set to launch a full-fledged BTC-based banking package for small businesses.

Earlier, the analyst presented a theory that Jack Dorsey is Satoshi Nakamoto.

Financial giants Deutsche Bank, Flow Traders and Galaxy Digital have launched the first fully MiCA-compliant, licensed Eurostablecoin in the EU.

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Detective ZachXBT has claimed that Indian exchange CoinDCX was likely hacked for $44.2 million.

Michael Saylor Plans to Raise Another $4.2 Billion to Buy BTC

Key points from Chairman Paul Atkins’ remarks today at “DeFi and the American Spirit,” SEC’s Crypto Task Force Roundtable on Decentralized Finance – a 🧵

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The ban most likely reflects the authorities' desire to strengthen control over finances and promote the digital yuan (CBDC).

The media writes that the Chinese government has announced new restrictions for the crypto community — now the regulator prohibits not only trading or mining cryptocurrencies, but also private ownership of digital assets such as Bitcoin.

The authorities of Tinian Island (Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Territory) will become the first U.S. government agency to issue a dollar-denominated stablecoin.

Some large darknet marketplaces are also moving towards creating their own tokens: for example, Huione Guarantee has released a USDH stablecoin designed to bypass blockages and controls

Such solutions are already appearing in the form of algorithmic or anonymous projects, as well as relying on Monero and Zcash technologies.

The head of CryptoQuant believes that in the face of growing financial censorship, "dark" stablecoins may appear on the market — resistant to blocking and operating without a central issuer.

Bitcoin Core plans to remove the restriction on OP_RETURN, an operator that allows data to be written to the blockchain.

Critics warn: This can lead to an increase in spam, abuse, and even the posting of unwanted content.

Kyrgyzstan plans to launch USDKG, a gold—backed stablecoin pegged to the US dollar.

The project is being implemented with the support of the country's Ministry of Finance, which is to provide $500 million in gold as a token reserve. In the future, increase to $2 billion.

Libre tokenizes Telegram's $500 million debt on the TON blockchain.

Circle, the issuer of the USDC, has received approval from the Abu Dhabi regulator to operate as a money services provider.

An unknown person has moved 50 BTC mined in 2010 to a new wallet — the value of the coins has increased from zero to $4,600,000 during this time.

Find an old laptop, or just a change of wallet for the sake of security?

For the first time in history, Bitcoin became the fifth largest asset by capitalization, surpassing Google and Amazon.

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Adam Cochran, a well—known venture capitalist, recognized the potential of the idea for the main network, but expressed doubts about the priorities: the transition costs may be too high, and the benefits for L2 may be limited.

The transition will help solve L1 scaling problems, increase miner competition and improve ZK-EVM support, while maintaining compatibility with smart contracts - developers will continue to write on Solidity and Vyper.

Vitalik Buterin proposed a radical upgrade of the Ethereum Virtual Machine — a transfer to the RISC-V architecture. This, he said, could be the key to a significant increase in network efficiency.

The purpose of the contest is to test how real the threat of quantum technologies is to Bitcoin's security and find ways to protect it.

According to Project Eleven estimates, more than 6 million BTC worth about $500 billion may be at risk.

Project Eleven has announced a competition: they offer 1 BTC to anyone who can crack a part of the Bitcoin key using a quantum computer in a year.

Today, less than 4% of the world's population owns cryptocurrency. The largest share of such user is in North America, where they account for 10.7% of the total population. In S. America, this figure is 6.6%, in Asia - 3.6%, in Europe - 3.4%, and in Oceania - 3.3%. Africa -1.6%

World Food Program, a non-profit organization in the UN system, has started accepting donations in more than 80 cryptocurrencies.

Lawyer James Murphy has sued the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — he demands that the regulator disclose who, according to the agency, is the creator of BTC, Satoshi Nakamoto.

RFK Jr. Says Stock Market Crash Could be Reversed if Investors Drink Cod Liver Oil "Investors are in a bad mood is because they are not getting enough Omega-3 fatty acids,” he said.

“Stocks are crashing because investors are in a bad mood, and the reason they are in a bad mood is because they are not getting enough Omega-3 fatty acids,” he said.