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Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, has issued one of his starkest warnings yet: if the network continues to limit itself to DeFi, obsessing over yields and political meme coins, it will betray Ethereum’s original mission.

Ethereum Beyond DeFi

In a post on social network X on March 3, Buterin shared an essay‑like reflection on how his worries, and the worries of people around him, highlight the fact that Ethereum is not doing enough to be an active force for change amid world‑class threats such as “government control and surveillance, wars, corporate power and surveillance.”

He argues that Ethereum seems largely absent from meaningfully improving the lives of people subject to these forces, even on the dimensions the ecosystem claims to care most about: freedom, privacy, the security of digital life, and community self‑organization. Buterin states:

Ethereum seems to be absent from meaningfully improving the lives of people subject to these things, even on the dimensions we deeply care about (eg. freedom, privacy, security of digital life, community self-organization).

Buterin stresses that his critique is not aimed at DeFi itself. On one hand, he warns against the narrow culture that has grown around it, made of hollow trends that turn politics and real‑world concerns into spectacle through political meme coins and “various zero‑sum gambling applications.”

On the other, he laments that if Ethereum continues to “laser‑focus” on finance, its impact on improving people’s lives will remain minimal, a striking contrast with what he calls “liberating technologies” like Starlink or Signal, which are already reshaping the balance of power in the real world. He acknowledges the importance of financial freedom, but argues that it is no longer enough. Buterin added:

Financial freedom and security is critical. But it seems obvious that, while adding a perfectly free and open and sovereign and debasement-proof financial system would fix some things, but it would leave the bulk of our deep worries about the world unaddressed. It’s okay for individuals to laser-focus on finance, but we need to be part of some greater whole that has things to say about the other problems too.

The Path To Sanctuary Technologies

Understanding that “Ethereum cannot fix the world”, Buterin proposes that what Ethereum should do is to think itself as “being part of an ecosystem building ‘sanctuary technologies’”. This means tools that give people a place to communicate, organize, and hold value where states and corporations cannot easily surveil, censor, or confiscate.

The Goal Is De-Totalization

The ambitious and holistic approach suggested by Buterin seeks one main objective: “to enable interdependence that cannot be weaponized”, the opposite to remaking the world in Ethereum’s shape. Summing up, Buterin states that this interdependence stands on four pillars: finances (ETH, stablecoins, DeFi), communication (encrypted messaging, censorship‑resistant social), coordination (DAOs, crowdfunding, mutual aid) and identity (non‑custodial IDs and reputation). In Buterin words:

Ethereum’s role is to create “digital space” where different entities can cooperate and interact.

When Crypto Becomes Survival Tech

Crypto has already shown what it looks like when blockchains become survival tools rather than trading venues. In places like Venezuela, families use stablecoins and Bitcoin to route remittances around capital controls, protect savings from hyperinflation, and move money when local banks either collapse or become instruments of state control and beyond. Activists and dissidents lean on censorship‑resistant rails to receive support, fund legal defenses, and simply stay connected to a global economy that their governments are trying to cut them off from.

According to an article posted on our sister website NewsBTC, crypto has become a financial lifeline for ordinary Iranian households amidst the political unrest and economic collapse. For ordinary users, crypto remains a lifeline of hope against capital control and inflation.

Whether Ethereum lives up to Vitalik Buterin’s promise will define not just its market cap, but its relevance in a world where financial censorship and digital authoritarianism are no longer hypotheticals.

 

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The future of the CLARITY Act — widely referred to as the crypto market structure bill — remains uncertain after the March 1 deadline set by the White House passed without the expected breakthrough between the banking industry and crypto representatives. 

Key Hurdle In Crypto Bill Negotiations

Despite concerns that talks may be stalling, reporting from Crypto In America suggests discussions are continuing behind the scenes. Eleanor Terrett cited a banking industry source with direct knowledge of the negotiations who pushed back on the idea that the process is unraveling. 

According to that source, both sides are still actively reviewing and contributing to draft legislative language and were never strictly bound to the March 1 timeline. “Overindexing on March 1 is a mistake,” the source said.

Still, tensions remain. Another banking source acknowledged that while there is broad agreement in principle that stablecoin balances should not earn interest, disagreements persist over how that principle should be implemented. 

According to this source, crypto companies are attempting to structure alternative mechanisms — such as membership programs, rewards systems, or staking arrangements — that could effectively replicate annual percentage yields (APY) on stablecoin holdings. The source said:

There’s agreement in-principle that stablecoin balances shouldn’t earn interest, but crypto firms are still trying to backdoor APY on balances through membership programs, rewards, and staking. I think that’s what’s holding up the deal right now.

Bank representatives are reportedly pushing for any lending or staking activity to be clearly defined as “active,” “bona fide,” and “time-locked,” meaning returns must be tied strictly to genuine investment performance rather than resembling passive interest. 

Senate Banking Eyes March Markup

On Capitol Hill, attention is turning to procedural milestones. The Senate Banking Committee is reportedly considering potential markup dates in mid-to-late March. 

Such a timeline would give negotiators several additional weeks to address unresolved matters, including decentralized finance (DeFi) provisions and ethics-related concerns, before the bill advances to a possible vote. 

Amanda Tuminelli, executive director of the DeFi Education Fund, said DeFi discussions have recently taken a backseat to the yield dispute but described the broader process as progressing. She further noted: 

I think overall things are moving, and it feels like issues are being closed out, but DeFi has taken a backseat to the yield conversation. We’re waiting for Senate Banking to announce the next markup date and updated text, so I think everyone is anxiously awaiting to see what the next draft looks like.

For now, the path forward hinges on resolving the stablecoin yield dispute and finalizing legislative language that can satisfy enough stakeholders to move ahead. 

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Ethereum saw a brief bounce, which pushed its price above the $2,000 mark, but this upward move seems lost its momentum and has fallen below the level. Amid this, ETH’s price bounce on Tuesday comes a notable spike in the network’s on-chain activity and the creation of new wallet addresses.

Ethereum Activity Spikes to Historic Levels

Even though the broader cryptocurrency market appears highly volatile, Ethereum investors are moving against the current trend and exhibiting renewed bullish sentiment. This renewed euphoria toward the leading altcoin is shown by a sudden wave of fresh investors entering the market each day.

Santiment, a popular market intelligence and on-chain data analytics platform, took to the X platform to share this rise in network activity amid a brief bounce. Ethereum’s price has briefly increased, and a more interesting narrative is now developing beneath the surface.

As ETH attempts to stabilize above the $2,000 level after recent volatility, bulls and bears are currently battling over whether the resistance will be breached in the long run. In the meantime, on-chain data indicates a significant increase in user involvement, which shows a historic spike in the creation of new wallets and total network activity.

Using the 30-day averages, there has been an increase in fresh addresses and network activity on a daily basis. The chart shared by Santiment shows that there are over 837,200 active ETH wallet addresses per day, representing more than 80% rise in comparison to 5 years ago. 

When compared to 10 years ago, this figure marks an over 1,135% spike. The increase in new addresses may indicate new funding, a resurgence of interest, or the reactivation of previously excluded players joining the ecosystem.

In terms of new Ethereum wallet addresses, there have been over 284,800 created per day. This number represents a +64% uptick compared to 5 years ago and a more than 1,967% increase compared to 10 years ago. A steady increase in wallet creation often signals deeper network usage and growing popularity, which may trigger a larger price surge.

A Historic Pattern Unfolding On The ETH Chart

Despite the bearish market conditions, Ethereum is forming a key pattern that would flip the altcoin towards the upside. According to Coinvo Trading, a full-time crypto trader on X, the impending ETH move “is going to shock the entire world.”

After examining the altcoin’s performance on the weekly time frame, Coinvo Trading highlighted that the same Rainbow pattern that occurred in previous cycles before every major ETH rally has returned. When ETH retests the middle of the Rainbow chart, the altcoin usually blows up.

The altcoin is currently retesting the same level after hitting it once more. Should history repeat itself, ETH could be set for one of its most significant rallies. While investors are sitting on the sidelines waiting for a sign of an upswing, the expert stated that this repeating rainbow pattern is the signal they have been anticipating.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is refusing to join the chorus of crypto pessimists. In a recent podcast appearance, Hoskinson delivered a bullish message to a rattled investor base, insisting that the crypto market’s greatest chapter is still unwritten. Although he champions the crypto industry’s bullish future, Hoskinson has not shied away from sounding the alarm on legislation he believes could impede it. 

Hoskinson Says Crypto’s Strongest Era Is Still Ahead

Speaking on Wendy O’s podcast, Hoskinson made his position clear on the crypto industry’s trajectory. In simple terms, Hoskinson noted: “I think our best days are ahead of us as a market.”

Hoskinson’s comment follows the broader thinking among many crypto participants. Many crypto participants and commentators would agree that the industry has not yet reached its peak ppotential andthat higher valuations are still within reach as adoption deepens and infrastructure matures. 

This is not the first time the Cardano founder has pushed back against bearish views, but his latest comments arrive at a particularly sensitive moment for the market, lending them added weight among investors looking for direction.

His optimism, however, is not without caveats on the regulatory front. In a separate X broadcast, Hoskinson described the CLARITY Act as horrific. The crypto market structure bill is advancing through the US Congress, and stakeholders believe it will be passed anytime soon.

However, according to Hoskinson, the CLARITY Act will effectively treat every crypto asset as a security by default and create bureaucratic attack vectors that could allow the SEC to dismantle future American crypto projects. He also flagged the bill’s failure to protect DeFi protocols, prediction markets, and stablecoins, including a provision banning yield on stablecoin balances. 

On the other hand, crypto figures like Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse have expressed support for the CLARITY Act, with the premise that imperfect legislation is better than none. 

ADA Under Pressure, But DeFi Growth Is Positive

Hoskinson’s optimism comes within a context of mounting global challenges. The escalating Israel-Iran conflict has led to global risk aversion, and crypto has been no exception. ADA was caught in the selloff, sliding to a low of $0.260, while Bitcoin dropped to $63,500 during the initial selloff. Bitcoin, however, is now back above $70,000 at the time of writing, and ADA is also pushing above $0.27.

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Interestingly, there are on-chain signals that show Cardano’s ecosystem is quietly gathering strength. The stablecoin to DeFi TVL ratio on Cardano has jumped from around 10% last June to 32% today, roughly tripling in less than a year. In just the past seven days alone, USDCx liquidity pushed Cardano’s stablecoin supply from $33 million to $47 million, a 42% surge.

 That said, a significant portion of Cardano’s DeFi TVL is denominated in ADA itself, meaning the recent price drop has reduced dollar-denominated TVL and mechanically inflated the stablecoin ratio.

XRP has now recorded five consecutive monthly losses, highlighting its sustained weakness since Q4 2025. The cryptocurrency continues to trade sideways amid growing investor caution amid broader market volatility and ongoing geopolitical tensions. Notably, a crypto analyst has pointed out that this marks the second time in XRP’s history that it has posted a five-month negative streak. The last time it happened, the cryptocurrency rebounded with a staggering 4,300% increase. If historical patterns were to repeat, XRP could be setting the stage for a similar breakout.

XRP Repeats Rare 5-Month Red Streak

A new report from crypto analyst @erasurev_v disclosed that the XRP price has officially closed five consecutive months in the red, a pattern that has only appeared once before in the asset’s entire trading history. Sharing the revelation in an X post this week, @erasurev_v pointed out that the first and last time this negative streak occurred, XRP went on to post one of the largest price increases ever recorded in the crypto market.

The previous five-month red streak ran from October 2016 through February 2017, with each month ending on a negative note. Following that sequence, XRP entered three straight green months and climbed 4,300% before the bull run was over. This massive price surge had helped the cryptocurrency propel to its current all-time high above $3.84, which was achieved during the bull rally in 2018. 

Notably, the current five-month negative streak runs from October 2025 through February 2026, matching the earlier period month-for-month. Based on this recurring 5-month streak, @erasurev_v predicts that the altcoin could mirror the same explosive rally that occurred during the 2017 bull run. 

If the pattern plays out the same way, the analyst projects that the price could reach $60 by June 2026, reflecting the same 4,300% price increase from 2017. If this bull run occurs, XRP would close three consecutive months in the green starting in March this year. 

While this outlook may carry some weight, a repeating chart pattern does not guarantee the same result. Market conditions in 2026 differ significantly from those of 2017, particularly in terms of market capitalization, global adoption levels, XRP Spot ETFs, macroeconomic dynamics, and the evolving regulatory landscape. Still, five consecutive red monthly closes on XRP is rare enough that when it happens twice and lines up this perfectly, it tends to get significant attentions 

Monthly Returns From October 2025 To February 2026

According to monthly returns data from CryptoRank, XRP began its 5-month red streak in October 2025, closing the month down 11.9%. The bearish momentum intensified in November, when the token fell another 13.8%, and deepened further in December with a 14.8% decline. 

As the market entered 2026, the cryptocurrency continued to trade sideways, ending the month down 10.6%. The sell-off accelerated in February, with the month recording the sharpest drop of the five-month slide at 16.2%. In total, XRP has lost more than a 26% of its value so far in 2026. 

The XRP downside pressure has intensified, and is now moving beyond its price dynamics into on-chain activity. Following a prolonged period of downward performance, key areas such as Open Interest have heavily turned bearish, experiencing a steady drop over the past few days.

Market Turbulence Triggers XRP Open Interest Meltdown

With the price of XRP struggling with volatility, its derivatives market has sharply flipped into negative territory, reflecting the intensity of the current market condition. A report from Xaif Crypto, a market expert and investor, outlines a massive drop in Open Interest (OI) since the beginning of this year.

The chart shows that XRP has seen a startling 70% decline in open interest across key derivatives platforms due to a violent wave of volatility. In just a few days, a large amount of speculative exposure was wiped out, and investors were forced out of positions in what had been a highly leveraged market.

Over the past 5 months, the multi-exchange open interest fell from $660 million to $203 million. This sharp contraction signals a potential market structure reset in the short term. Within the same period, over $457 million in leverage has been wiped out of the market, accompanied by a drop in the token’s price from $3 to $1.35.

According to Xaif Crypto, this dramatic deleveraging event is not fresh shorts. Rather, it is an indication of liquidations, triggered by forced exits and resets. With this development, XRP is now at a crucial juncture where real demand will drive the next stage rather than leverage. However, it is worth noting that the last time the open interest reached this level of compression, the altcoin experienced a move that led to the formation of a major bottom. Currently, the market lacks leverage and awaits the wave of fresh capital.

Even with the ongoing bearishness of XRP, the token remains one of the best-performing altcoins. This cycle’s altcoin volume during the accumulation phase already surpasses the bottom of the entire previous cycle after experiencing a persistent multiple green walls and yellow trends.

At the forefront of this charge is XRP, and other alts beneath the token are coiling harder than ever. When compared to the last cycle, this is the main event, which could play a role in shaping the next price direction.

Realized Volatility At A Record Level

Following an analysis of the XRP Realized Volatility metric, Xaif Crypto reveals that the altcoin has entered a new phase of turbulence. Data shows that realized volatility is on the rise, surging to its highest level in the past year. In the 30-day indicator, the chart is positioned at level 1.16, demonstrating increased uncertainty and aggressive repositioning by investors in the futures and spot markets.

Historically, these kinds of volatility spikes have preceded big moves upward or downward. However, when the indicator last reached this level, it led to a major price move for the altcoin, which suggests that the recent calm may be over and raises the possibility of a rally in the near future.

Интерес к термину «сезон альткоинов» упал до минимального значения и это может предшествовать настоящему ралли альткоинов, предположили эксперты платформы Santiment.

Crypto analyst Ardi has alluded to Bitcoin’s last cycle to provide insights into when the leading crypto could end its downtrend this time around. This comes as BTC continues to show strength amid the rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran. 

Analyst Points To Bitcoin’s Last Cycle Bottom For When This Downtrend Could End

In an X post, Ardi noted that during the last cycle bottom, it wasn’t just Bitcoin’s price that found a floor, but that the Open Interest was completely wiped out back then. He highlighted how leverage was reset to zero back then, which was when the real bottom accumulation started. The analyst suggested that BTC may again be on its way to finding a bottom, as the market has already flushed a lot of leverage. 

However, he noted that if the last cycle is any guide, the Bitcoin bottom doesn’t form until the speculative excess is almost entirely gone. CoinGlass data shows that leverage in the BTC market remains well above levels recorded at the last cycle’s bottom. Bitcoin’s open interest is currently at $43.86 billion, while the derivatives trading volume is at $87.68 billion. 

Meanwhile, Ardi also commented on the ongoing war between the U.S. and Iran and how it affects Bitcoin. When asked whether his analysis factored in the war for when a bottom could occur, the analyst stated that BTC’s price has already factored in most of that. He added that the worst phase for price is likely over from a war perspective. 

Bitcoin has so far maintained a tight range amid the war between the U.S. and Iran. The leading crypto had climbed to $70,000 earlier in the week but faced significant selling pressure at that psychological price level. 

BTC Could Rally To $80,000 This Month

Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe predicted that Bitcoin could rally to between $75,000 and $80,000 this month. The analyst also touched on the current price action, highlighting how it has held above $65,000 and even rallied towards the $70,000 level. He added that BTC is likely to see some days of consolidation before a breakout to the upside likely occurs. This breakout also looks likely, considering that Bitcoin has been establishing this range for a while now. 

A positive for Bitcoin is that the selling pressure may be easing. Glassnode analyst Chris Beamish stated that the long-term holders (LTH) net position change is now easing after months of sustained net selling. This suggests that selling pressure from seasoned holders is moderating as BTC stabilizes. 

At the time of writing, the BTC price is trading at around $67,800, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

Двухпартийный законопроект, определяющий, когда Федеральной резервной системе США (ФРС) можно разрешить запуск собственной цифровой валюты (CBDC), прошел голосование в американском Сенате. 84 сенатора одобрили законопроект и только шестеро проголосовали против.

Основатель хедж-фонда Bridgewater Associates Рэй Далио (Ray Dalio) заявил в подкасте All-In, что биткоин нельзя считать долгосрочным средством сохранения сбережений и «безопасной гаванью», а также перечислил причины, по которым инвесторам не следует покупать первую криптовалюту.

К 2030 году Австралия станет получать от криптовалют $710 млн ежегодной прибыли, а могла бы $17 млрд (24 млрд австралийских долларов), — если бы в стране занимались развитием токенизированных активов, заявил Объединенный исследовательский центр цифровых финансов (DFCRC).

Инвестиционный директор управляющей криптоактивами компании Bitwise Мэтт Хоуган (Matt Hougan) заявил, что военная операция США и Израиля против Ирана ускорит переход традиционных финансов на блокчейн.

Ripple says it is tightening the XRP Ledger amendment process after a critical flaw was found in the proposed Batch amendment (XLS-56), an incident that exposed gaps in review even as the network’s last-resort safeguards prevented any mainnet impact.

In a post on X, RippleX Head of Engineering J. Ayo Akinyele said the bug was identified last week by Cantina AI, reported responsibly, and quickly validated as critical. The issue never became exploitable on mainnet because the amendment had not yet been activated, and a hotfix was issued to disable both Batch and the related fix amendment while a broader remediation is reviewed.

Ripple Responds To The Critical Bug

Akinyele did not try to soften the significance of the lapse. “The Batch amendment progressed further than it should have,” he wrote. “As active participants in the amendment lifecycle, we share responsibility for ensuring that review, signaling, and activation safeguards meet the highest standard. In this case, we must do better.”

At the same time, Ripple is framing the episode as a failure of early-stage review rather than of the XRPL governance model itself. Akinyele said “the amendment process functioned as designed,” noting that activation gating prevented harm to mainnet and the bug bounty disclosure route worked as intended. But he added a sharper warning: “Those safeguards matter, but they should serve as a final line of defense, not the primary one.”

That distinction runs through the rest of Ripple’s response. Rather than suggesting tighter centralized control, Akinyele argued that amendment security on XRPL must remain distributed across core contributors, validators, the XRPL Foundation and outside researchers. “No single entity controls activation. No single entity owns risk in isolation,” he wrote, describing that structure as both a consequence of decentralization and a strength, provided it is matched by layered defenses and better coordination.

Ripple’s proposed fixes are broad. Akinyele said future releases that introduce features carrying “theoretical risk of disruption” will go through multiple independent audits with reputable security firms in coordination with the XRPL Foundation. The idea is straightforward: different teams catch different classes of issues, and redundancy reduces blind spots when code touches consensus-critical behavior.

The company also plans to expand the bug bounty program and formalize adversarial testing campaigns before activation. Akinyele pointed to initiatives such as the Lending attackathon and a UBRI-sponsored hackathon as models for that approach, arguing that incentivizing white-hat attackers before launch is far cheaper than reacting after the fact. He added that lessons from the Batch incident have already affected other roadmap items, saying Ripple “deliberately held lending back” to allow for more review, testing and scrutiny before moving toward activation.

Part of that next phase will rely more heavily on AI. Akinyele said Ripple is incorporating AI-assisted code review, automated invariant discovery, agentic fuzzing and simulated attack scenarios into its software development lifecycle. “AI does not replace expert C++ engineers, but rather augments them,” he wrote, especially when “subtle logic interactions at critical points can create outsized risk.”

Longer term, Ripple says it wants formal verification to become standard for high-risk ledger components. That includes modeling amendment behavior before activation, proving safety properties for critical components and integrating formal methods from XLS specification through implementation and testing. The broader aim, Akinyele said, is end-to-end assurance that amendment code is not only functionally correct but aligned with defined security and safety properties.

At press time, XRP traded at $1.3698.

Созданный американской криптобиржей Kraken банк Kraken Financial открыл счет в Федеральной резервной системе США. Теперь дочерний банк криптобиржи может использовать платежную инфраструктуру центробанка наряду с другими американскими банками, сообщает The Wall Street Journal.

Сооснователь Эфириума Виталик Бутерин признался, что его блокчейн не способен решить все мировые проблемы, но обнадежил: Эфириум может помочь в создании систем, защищающих финансовую свободу.

Europe’s top central bank is watching stablecoins with growing caution. What began as a niche crypto tool is now large enough to draw attention in Frankfurt.

Based on reports, the European Central Bank has warned that wider use of privately issued digital tokens tied to major currencies could chip away at traditional bank deposits across Europe.

The concern is simple. If households and firms start parking more of their cash in stablecoins instead of bank accounts, lenders could end up with less money to fund loans.

Deposit Flight Could Strain Eurozone Banks

According to an ECB working paper cited by Reuters and other outlets, stablecoins may pull funds out of the banking system if people see them as safe and easy to use for payments or savings.

Even small shifts can matter. Eurozone banks rely heavily on deposits to finance mortgages, business credit, and consumer loans.

If deposits fall, banks may have to look for other funding sources. Those often cost more. When funding becomes more expensive, lending can slow, or borrowing rates may climb. That ripple effect could be felt by households and companies across the region.

Reports note that dollar-backed stablecoins are a particular worry. If Eurozone residents increasingly hold tokens linked to the US dollar, it may also weaken the role of the euro in daily transactions.

The ECB has long guarded its control over monetary policy. That control depends on how smoothly interest rate changes pass through the banking system.

It was stressed in the paper that a sharp rise in stablecoin adoption could weaken that transmission channel.

Monetary Policy Could Lose Some Bite

The ECB adjusts interest rates to cool inflation or support growth. Those decisions filter through banks, which adjust deposit and loan rates in response. If a chunk of savings sits outside the traditional system, that chain can be disrupted.

Based on reports, ECB researchers modeled scenarios where stablecoins capture a meaningful share of deposits. In such cases, the impact of rate hikes or cuts may become less predictable. Policy moves could take longer to influence spending and investment.

On Interference & Predictability

According to the report’s authors, they find that stablecoin adoption “interferes with multiple monetary policy transmission channels that would potentially weaken the predictability of policy actions.”

There is also a liquidity angle. During times of market stress, digital tokens can be moved quickly. Large outflows from banks into stablecoins, or back again, could amplify swings in funding conditions. That risk has been flagged before in global debates on crypto regulation.

The paper forms part of the ECB’s broader push to keep a close watch on stablecoins, a sector whose total market value has surged to more than $300 billion after more than doubling in the last three years. Forecasts suggest that figure could climb to $2 trillion by 2028.

European officials have not called for a ban. Instead, attention has focused on oversight. The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework is already in place, setting rules for issuers and service providers.

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Правоохранительные органы Красноярского края объявили в международный розыск депутата регионального законодательного собрания Алексея Бойкова. Он проходит фигурантом уголовного дела о мошенничестве в особо крупном размере, которое связано с майнингом криптовалют, утверждают источники ТАСС в российских силовых структурах.

Падение крипторынка связано с действиями центрального банка Китая, который слишком активно наращивает запасы золота, считает аналитик австралийской криптоинвестиционной компании Ainslie Wealth Крис Типпер (Chris Tipper). По его мнению, Китай сейчас доминирует в формировании глобальных денежных потоков.

Мемкоин Sanae Token обвалился почти на 60% — с $0,0137 до $0,0058 — после того, как премьер-министр Японии Санаэ Такаити (Sanae Takaichi) заявила, что не имеет отношения к проекту. Политик подчеркнула, что разработчики токена не получали разрешения на использование ее имени.

Paraguay’s state power utility ANDE has signed a memorandum of understanding with crypto infrastructure firm Morphware, setting up a formal cooperation framework that explicitly includes exploring Bitcoin mining as a national-level opportunity tied to the country’s energy and digital infrastructure strategy. The move matters because it signals a shift from Paraguay merely hosting private miners to the state evaluating a more direct, utility-controlled model.

Morphware framed the MoU as a starting point for “analysis and development of initiatives related to digital assets, advanced processing infrastructure, and strategic energy driven technology opportunities in Paraguay,” with Bitcoin mining positioned as one candidate use case inside that broader mandate.

The company said the agreement creates an “official path” for technical evaluation and project development “under Paraguay’s legal and regulatory framework,” language that reads less like a one-off pilot announcement and more like a governmental process being put on rails.

In Morphware CEO Kenso Trabing’s telling, the economic logic is straightforward: put stranded or underutilized electricity to work, and keep the deployment inside regulated sites controlled by the utility.

“ANDE has unlocked a powerful new asset, and Morphware is here to turn that asset into a new revenue engine for Paraguay. By redeploying Bitcoin miners on regulated, utility controlled sites, we can transform unused electricity into productive compute that serves both the Bitcoin network and the global AI economy,” Trabing wrote. “This is what the future of midstream electricity looks like: grids that do not just deliver power, but own a stake in the digital infrastructure they enable.”

The reference to “midstream electricity” and “productive compute” is doing double duty. It links Bitcoin mining to a more general pitch: high-density power-to-compute infrastructure that can, in theory, flex between mining and adjacent workloads, particularly as the “AI data center” narrative continues to bleed into the public-market mining story globally.

Seized Bitcoin Miners Enter The Conversation

While Morphware’s statement did not publish deployment numbers, the MoU language about “redeploying” miners arrives amid an enforcement backdrop: Paraguay has been seizing ASIC hardware tied to alleged illegal operations. Trabing told Bitcoin Magazine that ANDE is exploring turning seized equipment into Paraguay’s first government-run Bitcoin operation in partnership with Morphware.

According to Trabing, the Paraguayan government is currently holding around 30,000 seized Bitcoin miners, many of them taken from facilities accused of electricity theft or tariff fraud.

“They’re literally stacked to the ceiling,” Trabing told Bitcoin Magazine, describing government warehouses filled with idle ASIC machines. “They have no experience mining Bitcoin. Our role is an advisory role.”

Morphware’s proposal, now formalized in the memorandum with ANDE, is to redeploy those machines at utility-controlled sites rather than leaving them idle. The initial phase would reportedly involve around 1,500 confiscated miners, installed near existing electrical substations where infrastructure already exists to handle large energy loads.

Under the structure being discussed, ANDE would retain ownership of the machines and operate the sites directly, while Morphware would provide technical guidance and training for utility staff. The company’s role, according to Trabing, is primarily operational support rather than revenue participation. “This is about regulated, utility-controlled sites,” he said. “Not people hiding in the countryside.”

At press time, BTC traded at $68,644.