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In Tatarstan, a 37-year-old resident lost 3,600,000 rubles by investing money in a fictitious cryptocurrency project after meeting a fake crypto investor in a messenger

The scammers demonstrated "profit growth," then blocked access to the funds and demanded an additional contribution, after which a criminal case was initiated under the article "Fraud."

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The authorities of South Korea have begun an investigation into the Bithumb exchange following an incident involving the erroneous crediting of thousands of bitcoins.

Financial regulators in South Korea have initiated an investigation into the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb after an incident in which users were mistakenly credited with amounts in bitcoins that the exchange did not actually possess.

The error occurred on February 6 during a promotional campaign. Instead of paying 2000 Korean won (approximately $1.4), some accounts received 2000 BTC. The mistake was due to incorrect data entry by an exchange employee.

The erroneously credited bitcoins could be sold immediately, which the recipients took advantage of. In the first 20 minutes, users attempted to sell about 1,788 BTC.

The exchange claims that the coins did not leave its premises, but transactions were conducted.

This caused a temporary drop in the bitcoin exchange rate to the won on Bithumb of more than 15%.

The system temporarily reflected "virtual" 620,000 BTC amounting to about $40 billion. The exchange stated that it returned about 93% of the funds, and compensated the remaining part from its own reserves.

Bithumb remains the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume in South Korea after Upbit.

15 years ago $BTC first reached $1

On February 9, 2011, the price of Bitcoin first reached $1 on the cryptocurrency exchange Mt.Gox. Over the past 15 years, the leading cryptocurrency has increased in value by tens of thousands of times — the current price is around $70,000, and back in October 2025, it reached a peak of $126,000.

It took Bitcoin about two years to reach parity with the US dollar. The first transaction was made in January 2009, when Bitcoin was not yet traded anywhere and had no price relative to other assets.

In 2010, a Japanese programmer named Jed McCaleb launched the Mt. Gox exchange, which played a key role in forming the market price of Bitcoin.

It was the largest and most influential cryptocurrency exchange of the early period. From 2010 to 2013, up to 70% of the world's trading volume passed through it.

The fate of Mt. Gox itself turned out to be dramatic; in 2014, it ceased operations, claiming the loss of around 850,000 Bitcoins. Its bankruptcy proceedings and compensation for the affected parties are still ongoing.

The head of the cryptocurrency exchange paid $70 million for the domain AI com

Co-founder and head of Crypto.com, Kris Marszalek, acquired the domain AI com for approximately $70 million, fully paying for the deal in cryptocurrency.

Based on it, a platform with AI agents was launched, and a commercial promoting it was broadcast during the Super Bowl in the USA.

The deal is considered the largest among publicly confirmed domain name sales.

Marszalek is not new to betting on concise and recognizable brands.

In 2017, his project conducted an ICO for $26 million called Monaco, and then purchased the domain Crypto com for approximately $5-10 million, after which the exchange changed its name and branding.

Jim Cramer stated that he heard about Donald Trump's plans to replenish the Bitcoin reserve at a price of around $60,000

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Trump predicts that the Dow Jones index will reach 100,000 by the end of his term

A record stock market and national security thanks to our great tariffs. I predict 100,000 for the Dow by the end of my term. REMEMBER, TRUMP HAS ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT! I hope the U.S. Supreme Court sees this — Trump

MTS Bank clients can now top up via MW-Wallet — the service allows buying and selling digital assets for rubles, exchanging them among themselves, and also withdrawing funds to external wallets.

Top-ups are available directly from MTS Bank cards, and withdrawals can be made to a card by phone number. The operation limit is up to 25 million rubles per transfer, and all operations are carried out without intermediaries.

Sovcombank launches lending for legal entities secured by bitcoin

Sovcombank is launching a lending program for companies secured by bitcoin, a source told Kommersant.

Loans will be available to legal entities operating in Russia for at least a year, provided they have confirmed ownership of cryptocurrency, submitted tax reports to the Federal Tax Service for the last year, and have no overdue taxes or loans.

The bank notes that the product may be in demand during a market downturn. Many holders prefer to wait for a more favorable moment to sell, and using bitcoin as collateral allows attracting funds for business development without forced selling at a loss.

The interest rate is set at the level of the key rate of the Central Bank plus 7 percentage points (currently around 23%).

In Russian law, cryptocurrency is not considered a means of payment, but is classified as "other property." This allows bitcoin to be used as collateral for loans.

The quotes for "Samolyot" SMLT have fallen by almost 5% amid a request for state support in exchange for a block of shares.

The largest developer in Russia, "Samolyot," has approached the government with a request for state support. Shareholders are ready to provide the state with blocking and additional blocks of shares of the company, with the right to a buyback at a new (likely higher) price.

Shareholders are ready to inject ₽10 billion into the company — "ready to provide additional external financing of up to ₽10 billion."

The company is requesting a preferential loan of ₽50 billion for three years to "eliminate failures to meet obligations to shareholders."

How to burn $6.7 billion with one button: The network recalled the story from 2021, when the creators of the Shiba Inu SHIB coin decided to make a marketing move and sent 50% of all existing tokens to Vitalik Buterin.

They thought he wouldn't touch them, and it would be a sign of trust.

However, at that time, Vitalik did not choose to hold. He took 90% of the received tokens (worth $6.7 billion) and simply burned them by sending them to a non-existent address.

Forever. The remainder he donated to fight COVID in India. Later he stated that he does not want to hold such power over the project.

The founder of the darknet platform Incognito Market has been sentenced to 30 years in prison

A U.S. federal court has sentenced the founder of Incognito Market, 24-year-old Taiwanese native Jui-Syan Lin, to 30 years of imprisonment for operating an online platform for drug trafficking.

According to the prosecution, more than $105 million in illegal sales passed through the marketplace, with transactions conducted in cryptocurrency.

The investigation claims that the platform served over 400,000 buyers and about 1,800 sellers, and payments were processed through an internal system of anonymous crypto transfers with a 5% commission.

Lin pleaded guilty to charges of drug distribution and money laundering. The court also ordered the confiscation of more than $105 million from him.

Prosecutors stated that the platform's activities are linked to at least one death.

After the service was shut down in 2024, Lin, according to the investigation, embezzled at least $1 million of user funds and attempted to extort money from sellers by threatening to publish their data and addresses of cryptocurrency wallets.

Sber's shares will rise to 410 rubles by the end of 2026 — forecast by investment bank 'Sinara'. This is +35% to the current price

Analyst Olga Naidenova believes that Sber is betting on the development of client services and is reaping the benefits from the growth of balances in accounts, and nothing threatens the dividend policy (50% of profits) in the coming years.

Strategy bought bitcoins for $75 million

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) reported the purchase of 855 bitcoins for $75.3 million from January 26 to February 1 at an average purchase price of $87,974.

As of February 1, Strategy holds 713,502 bitcoins (over 3% of the total supply), for which the company has spent about $54.26 billion since 2020.

The company's average purchase price is about $76,052 per 1 BTC. Since the evening of January 31, the bitcoin price has briefly fallen below this mark several times.

The latest batch of bitcoins is again fully financed through the placement and sale of MSTR shares. Since the July peak, MSTR quotes have fallen by nearly 70%.

Over the past 24 hours, gold and silver have collectively lost about $1.66 trillion in capitalization

The pressure has even affected traditional safe-haven assets — volatility in the markets has noticeably increased.

The dollar will drop below 70 rubles by February-March, and then start to rise to 95-100 rubles — financial analyst Dmitry Golubovsky

"The dollar to ruble should update its minimums. We still need to see the official exchange rate below 74 rubles per dollar. Maybe it will be 72.

I do not rule out that it may be slightly below 70. This could happen by February-March. From there, a wave of ruble weakening will go in the range of 95-100.

By August-September, it may find itself there. This will be the limit; it won't get worse. A commodity supercycle has begun, so during such periods, the ruble is not weak. In the long term, the dollar index is heading somewhere in the area where it was in the 2000s."

In 2025, the number of identity spoofing crimes in the crypto industry increased by 1400%, and the average damage rose by more than 600%

Criminals impersonate exchanges and well-known individuals, combining social engineering with technical methods, and AI has made these schemes significantly more effective and profitable.

Total losses from all crypto fraud in 2025 are estimated at around $17 billion, with a significant portion attributable to identity spoofing schemes.