🇷🇺 Crypto audit from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation - TASS The Bank of Russia from January to May 2026 will conduct a large-scale examination of supervised organizations on the subject of working with cryptocurrency.What they plan to check: ➠ Bank investments in cryptocurrency, including hedging operations. ➠ Volumes of lending to crypto companies. ➠ Investments of individuals in DFAs tied to the value of crypto assets.Data submission deadlines: ➠ For the 4th quarter of 2025 – until February 1, 2026. ➠ For the 1st quarter of 2026 – until May 1, 2026. ➠ For DFA – monthly, no later than the 10th working day.Monitoring is carried out by the Financial Stability Department of the Central Bank.The regulator is going to assess the scale of the presence of crypto assets in the Russian financial system and the associated risks.Previously: - term for illegal mining - concept of cryptocurrency regulation

🏦 In the first half of 2026, the Bank of Russia will conduct a survey on investments in cryptocurrencies and on lending to crypto companies. It will also separately study individuals’ investments in digital financial assets whose profitability is linked to cryptocurrency prices.

💵💸 #USDT: Tether minted 1 billion USDT.

❗ Arkham: Tether has just issued 1 billion USDT.

🔥 #TAO: Grayscale files with the SEC to launch the Bittensor ETF — document

🗽👀 #TAO — Grayscale has filed to launch the Bittensor ETF.

👇 BlackRock transferred another 658 BTC ($58M) to Coinbase Prime’s exchange wallet for institutions. Institutions and the crowd continue to withdraw money from Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Crypto-ETF financial flows for yesterday: - BTC: -$19,290,000 - ETH: -$9,630,000 - SOL: +$2,930,000 - XRP: +$8,440,000 - LINK: +$544,690 - HBAR, LTC, DOGE: $0

Yesterday's Ugly New Year’s Sweater auction kicked off with a bang—some items drew 10 bids. These are digital artworks that can be upgraded to an NFT or redeemed as a real sweater. You can also resell, gift, or request refunds. We’re using the NFT-friendly auction model: the winner pays the second-highest bid. Check it out at

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Starting bids were just $10, but they quickly rose to $20–$40. The first drop is Crypto Winter 25|26. All of this runs in the Telegram mini-app. Invite friends and get 10%.

🪙 SharpLink is averaging around 500 ETH per week from Ethereum staking. Since the Ethereum strategy launched on June 2, 2025, treasury staking rewards have surpassed 10,000 ETH.

🇰🇷🕹 The Korean Financial Services Commission proposes a cap on the shareholdings of large investors in Korea’s four biggest crypto exchanges—Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, and Korbit—setting the limit at 15–20% to prevent control by a small group of founders and shareholders. If approved, Upbit’s parent Dunamu (led by Chairman Song Chi-hyun) may have to sell about 10% of its shares. Bithumb, Coinone, and the other platforms would also face major governance changes, sparking industry concerns about potential over-regulation. #regulation

If you invested $10,000 on the day Trump returned to the White House 🗽 ▪️ Silver – $23,400 ▪️ Platinum – $22,300 ▪️ Palladium – $16,500 ▪️ Gold – $15,700 ▪️ Copper – $14,800 ▪️ Nasdaq – $11,700 ▪️ S&P 500 – $11,300 ▪️ Russell 2000 – $10,900 ▪️ Ethereum – $9,049 ▪️ Bitcoin – $8,448 🥶 ▪️ Large caps Alts – $7,827 ▪️ Mid-caps Alts – $5,831 And if you bought the TRUMP token at its peak, you'd be staring at a 92% drawdown 😳

#onchain 🐻 CryptoQuant: American investors are actively selling Bitcoin. The Coinbase Premium Gap is -$122, one of the lowest levels in 18 months. The gap shows the price difference between BTC on Coinbase and on foreign exchanges (e.g., Binance). A negative gap signals weaker US demand: BTC trades cheaper on Coinbase, indicating selling pressure and reduced buying activity in the US. Previously: “tax transactions.”

🎩 #ZEC Cypherpunk has increased its assets to 290,062.67 ZEC. Source: prnewswire.

🥰 A cypherpunk company has purchased another $29,000,000 worth of ZEC. Details: - Average purchase price: $514 - Total balance: 290,062 ZEC (1.76% of circulating supply), purchased at an average price of $334 Previously: - Co-founder of Zcash - Cypherpunk ideology - Founders of Gemini - The first company with a ZEC reserve - Rebranding

📖 #BNB BNB Chain Roadmap for 2026: - Target 20,000 transactions per second with finalization in under one second. - Further reductions in gas fees thanks to software optimizations. - A new execution engine focused on best-in-class single-core performance, using register interpretation and AOT/JIT methods. - A framework for AI agents, and related enhancements.

🎄 #SUI — Announcement: In 2026, Sui will introduce a private transaction feature.

📖 #SUI: Sui Network will roll out a new feature next year to enable confidential transactions.

ElizaOS has surged 174% since yesterday. At 20:56 Moscow time, Bybit trading volume began to rise, and by 22:28 it was among Bybit’s top buys. Today at 12:22 Moscow time, ElizaOS also ranked among the top Smart Money buys on Solana. 📊 Chart below.

🛍 In China, silver bars started appearing for sale directly on the street.

Silver rush in China — silver bars sold right on the street 👀 Silver up 4%: extra passengers were dropped off yesterday 😁