# News

📊 Crypto fund Abraxas Capital bet $800,000,000 on a market decline by shorting BTC, ETH, SOL, and HYPE with 5x–10x leverage. 🪙 With a full transition to a tokenized economy, Ethereum could reach $706,000,...

🤖 Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, shared a series of bold predictions about the future of AI and human society.   💸 PayPal will allow U.S. retailers to accept payments in over 100 cryptocurrencies....

🇷🇺 The Central Bank of Russia lowered its key rate from 20% to 18%—the biggest cut in three years. 📊 The classic BTC cycle model no longer works. 🏘 Auction house Christie’s has launched...

🔫 A gang that kidnapped a “crypto millionaire”—whose wallet turned out to contain just $9—was convicted in London. 🚬 Arthur Hayes published a new essay, stating that he expects Bitcoin to rise to $250,000...

🚓 Starting in 2026, Russians will face fines for crypto payments — Penalties introduced: ₽100,000 for individuals, ₽700,000 for businesses. 📊 Last week’s net inflow into spot Bitcoin ETFs totaled $2.39B. ☠️ Indian exchange...

🏦 Sber proposed making banks central hubs for cryptocurrency accounting and storage — it has submitted its market regulation proposals to the Central Bank. 📈 According to CoinGecko, the total cryptocurrency market cap has...

Daily Summary, July 17 🇺🇸 The U.S. Marshals Service reported that the government now holds only 28,988 BTC ($3.4 billion), not the previously estimated 200,000 BTC. 🏦 Sberbank plans to begin offering cryptocurrency asset...

📊 According to Bitwise’s “supply shock” model, Bitcoin could soon reach $150,000. 🐸 The 80,000 BTC that were being closely tracked belong to Adam Back—British cryptographer, creator of Hashcash, and one of the few...