Daily Summary, 19 September

🇪🇺 The European Union approved a 19th package of sanctions against Russia — it includes measures against cryptocurrency platforms and banks, and also provides for restrictions against settlement schemes in third countries where Russia uses cryptocurrencies and alternative payment channels.

🇵🇱 The first Bitcoin ETF in Poland was launched on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

🦊 MetaMask will release its own token and it could happen “sooner than you might expect” — Consensys CEO Joe Lubin.

🇷🇺 The Russian Ministry of Energy has not received new requests to introduce a ban on mining in the regions and does NOT expect new restrictions to appear in the near future.

💸 Coinbase reserves reached $112 billion in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins — a 4-year high.

🐳 Rusal began building data centers in Siberia for mining.

🗽 A bill on a strategic Bitcoin reserve in Michigan has advanced for the first time since February — it would allow investing 10% of the state’s funds into BTC.

🪙 Over the past 24 hours, $1.33 billion in USDC was sent to crypto exchanges — a 4-year high.

🔍 Google introduced a major Chrome update with new AI capabilities.

🇨🇦 Canadian police seized $40,000,000 in crypto from the TradeOgre exchange, which is suspected of money laundering.

🛡 Trust Wallet partnered with Kraken to support xStocks — this will provide users with direct access to tokenized US stocks.

🏛 The Fund – token rounds with a 100% guarantee.