Daily Summary, 23 October

Results of the day, October 23

Politics and Regulation
* Donald Trump pardoned the founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao.
* From December 2, foreign branches of Russian banks will fall under European Union sanctions. In addition, from November 25, a ban on any operations with the stablecoin A7A5 comes into force.

Technology and Companies
* Coinbase introduced a tool, Payments MCP, which allows AI-agents to access crypto wallets and conduct transactions with crypto.
* Trust Wallet launched its own decentralized futures exchange (Perp DEX).
* Elon Musk, during a call on the results of the 3rd quarter, made a number of loud statements.

Crypto Market and Mining
* The debts of Bitcoin miners in just 12 months grew from $2.1 billion to $12.7 billion (+500%).
* The share of electricity consumption by data centers (DPCs) and crypto-miners in Russia’s total consumption by the end of 2025 may amount to 2%.
* Finnish mining companies provide heat for the homes of about 140,000 people, which constitutes approximately 2.5% of the country’s population.
* The Base network became the new leader in the release of mem-tokens — about 800,000 tokens have already been launched on it in October.

Events and Opinions
* Tucker Carlson stated that he will NOT invest in Bitcoin because it was created by the CIA.
* In CS2, an update was released that crashed the skin market.
* A crypto enthusiast was able, after seven years, to regain access to his 0.0142 BTC — he restored a dead hard drive, replaced the plates, installed a new board, and even found a forgotten password to Bitcoin Core.